Johannes Calvinus

President Jacobus Calvinus
Third President of the Calvinist State
Incumbent
Assumed office October 18, 2022
Preceded by	Aaron de Witt
Personal details
Born	Netherlands
Political party	Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij
Religion	Calvinism
Military service
Allegiance	Calvinist State
Years of service	2021-2022 2022-present
Battles/wars	Calvinist State - Eva Braun Empire War // Eighth Eponian - Pochehovan War

Jacobus Calvinus (Not real name because of privacy reasons), also known as Johannes Calvinus (Born somewhere in the 1990s) is the founder and current president of the Calvinist State, and leader of the micronational Calvinist militia Soldiers of Calvinism. After an earlier term of being President of the Calvinist State from 2021 to 2022, he was succeeded by Prime Minister Aaron de Witt before returning as president.

Jacobus Calvinus is a strictly religious, conversative, traditionalist, fundamentalist and orthodox Calvinist. He is a fanatic follower of John Calvin, the founder of Calvinism, seen by Calvinus as the only true religion. Because of his leadership style, the Calvinist State is also compared with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Early life

Jacobus Calvinus was born in the 1990s as the eldest son in a family of 5. In his youth he had little interest in religion, but still went to church every week. Jacobus Calvinus believed in God, but apart from attending church services and compulsory learning of genevan psalters at primary school, he did not practice his faith. Until, at the age of 16, he gradually returned to the path of practicing his Calvinist faith. From the age of 16 to 25, Jacobus Calvinus was what he calls a "modern Calvinist". He mainly listened to contemporary Christian music, preferred to go to church services aimed at youth and had little interest in traditional Calvinism himself. When, at the age of 26, he started studying traditional and orthodox Calvinism, and began to delve more deeply into the life and work of John Calvin, he gradually began to exchange modern Calvinism for traditional and orthodox Calvinism. Nowadays Jacobus Calvinus turns his back on the modern side of Calvinism and is only interested in Calvinism as it was during the time of the Reformation.

Micronational career

Since 2021, Jacobus Calvinus has been active within the Calvinist State, back then called the Reformed People's Republic. Here he held the position of President twice, from June 20, 2021 to August 4, 2022 and from October 19, 2022 to the present. Jacobus Calvinus consciously chose to resign as president on August 4 to occupy himself with another position outside of the Calvinist State. However, on October 19, 2022, in consultation with his successor Aaron de Witt, he chose to take up the task of president again. After his return as president, he passed a new law that makes him eternal president.

From December 2020 until sometime in 2024 (Date unknown), Jacobus Calvinus also worked as ambassador of the Free Socialist State of Paloma in the Netherlands. However, he resigned from this task after Paloman president Aidan McGrath labeled the militia Soldiers of Calvinism, founded by Jacobus Calvinus, a terrorist organization. President McGrath of Paloma has not responded to this as far as is known.

Views

Other religions

ROMAN CATHOLICISM Jacobus Calvinus is a fierce opponent of roman catholicism. According to Jacobus Calvinus, there is a good reason why the Reformation took place but roman catholics refuse to accept this reason. Nevertheless, he tries to remain polite to roman catholics and tries to respect their faith, provided they also respect Calvinism. About roman catholicism, Jacobus Calvinus says that catholics have great history and tradition, but they are sorely lacking in theological truth. Jacobus Calvinus often has theological arguments with followers of the roman catholic church. These can often be tough, especially because catholics are in the majority during these types of arguments, and Jacobus Calvinus often stands alone. Nevertheless, he maintains his position that Calvinism is the only true religion and that the Reformed Church is the true Church founded by Jesus Christ.

ARMINIANISM Jacobus Calvinus recognizes arminianism as one of the greatest threats to Calvinism. According to Jacobus Calvinus, arminianism is the greatest heresy within protestant Christianity because of the arminian theology that is the exact opposite of Calvinist theology. According to Jacobus Calvinus, it is a shame for a Calvinist to convert to arminianism, as it is "an even greater betrayal to the great reformer John Calvin than converting to roman catholicism". Jacobus Calvinus does not recognize the arminians as his brothers and recognizes them as false Christians.

ISLAM Jacobus Calvinus has mixed opinions about islam. He admires the islamic way of worship, prayers, the interiors of mosques and the inner peace that islam can provide. On the other hand, he thinks it is a shame that a religion like islam is regularly abused to justify violence against non-muslims. Jacobus Calvinus himself recognizes shiism as the correct form of islam, despite the complete lack of islam being the true religion. Although he recognizes shiism as the correct form of islam, he also has great respect for peaceful sunni muslims. He has no respect for muslim youth who only cause problems, since in most cases they are also disrespectful to non-muslims, especially in the Western world, where they are over-represented in crime.

HINDUISM Jacobus Calvinus has respect for hinduism. He sees this religion as a religion in which many different ways of worship are possible and in which many movements according to hinduism can lead to god. Jacobus Calvinus finds it special how hinduism, in addition to followers from countries such as India and Suriname, also attracts many converts from Western countries. According to Jacobus Calvinus, hinduism is a religion worth exploring, especially because it is so extensive with many different movements, each with their own forms of worship, places of worship, prayers and holy places.

MORMONISM Jacobus Calvinus is a fierce opponent of mormonism. According to him, this is a religion that has nothing to do with Biblical Christianity and comes closer to a polytheistic cult than the true religion. Jacobus Calvinus, however, admires the beautiful architecture of the mormon temples, but still tries to stay far away from mormonism so as not to be blinded by the "false and fake beauty of this cult".

NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH Within Christianity, Jacobus Calvinus has great admiration for the new apostolic church. He is very complimentary of this church and its liturgy. However, Jacobus Calvinus is critical of the new apostolic theology that teaches the existence of living apostles and the necessity of these apostles for the salvation of man. Apart from that, Jacobus Calvinus is positive about the relatively simple liturgy and the simple interiors that new apostolic churches have. He is glad that the new apostolic church rejects the use of icons, statues and unnecessary symbolism and focuses on simple worship, as is also done in Calvinism.

Western world

Jacobus Calvinus is himself an opponent of the Western world. He believes that the Western world is run by the United States, whose sole purpose is to spread imperialism in order to rule the world. Jacobus Calvinus also sees the US as his least favorite country and also recognizes the country as the true axis of evil. Jacobus Calvinus is therefore more sympathetic to the countries that see the West as their enemy, such as North Korea, Russia, China, Taliban controlled Afghanistan, Iran, Venezuela and other countries who see the United States in particulair as their enemy. Jacobus Calvinus also pursues a hard anti-West policy within the Calvinist State. He says that the Calvinist State is located in Western Europe, but that his micronation declares absolutely no solidarity with Western countries.

Quotes

• "Calvinism is the greatest treaure our country possesses. Without our faith there is no Calvinist State. We will do everything we can to protect our faith and keep it from the treaths of the heretics, infidels and the lying Western media"
• "God is like oxygen. You can't see Him, but you also can't live without Him"
• "If the great reformer John Calvin (May Adonai bless him) could reform the roman catholic church, then what is stopping me, as his follower to reform the new apostolic church in the name of Calvinism?"
• "People rely on the emergency services when they are in trouble. Why, then, should we not rely on God to help us in times of need?"
• "Even if Calvinism died out, and there was no follower left but myself, I would still continue to follow it. Rather the last Calvinist on earth than a life without Calvinism"
• "Sometimes it's just better to leave certain people behind and continue your life without them. Wether it's friends or family, you can easily move on without them"
• "The only way to understand Calvinism is by studying the Scriptures"
• "The United States must make a choice. Either they stop trying to spread their influence to other countries in the world and thereby keep the peace, or they continue with this malicious goal and risk the possibility of escalation with other countries"
• "The positive view of fascism is only in the minds of the wicked. The negative view of fascism is in the minds of the virtuous"
• "The Protestant Reformation was not meant to create a brand new church or to start all over again from step one. It was meant to bring the Church back to the original source of faith, the Holy Bible"
• "It is better for a Calvinist to stay away from non-Calvinist church services. It is no problem to visit these denomination's churches outside their services, but if a Calvinist attends a roman catholic service, a salvation army service or a baptist service, he becomes theologically confused and may turn his back on Calvinism because he is blinded by the false theology he has heard in a non-Calvinist church. But if he is wise and chooses to avoid these heretical church services, then he will continue to follow the truth and continue to walk on the path of Calvinism"
• "Roman catholics maybe have great history and tradition, but it is us Calvinists who have the theological truth. And having theological truth is the most important part of being the true Christian faith"
• "World peace can only be achieved if the United States get's fully wiped of the map"
• "You will never understand the Bible unless you study Calvinism"
• "Those who do not see the beauty of Calvinism have done little to no research about it"