 In 1525 or 1526 , Gérard withdrew his son from the Collège de Montaigu and enrolled him in the University of Orléans to study law . According to contemporary biographers Theodore Beza and Nicolas Colladon , Gérard believed that Calvin would earn more money as a lawyer than as a priest . After a few years of quiet study , Calvin entered the University of Bourges in 1529 . He was intrigued by Andreas Alciati , a humanist lawyer . Humanism was a European intellectual movement which stressed classical studies . During his 18 @-@ month stay in Bourges , Calvin learned Koine Greek , a necessity for studying the New Testament . 
