 Scholars have argued about the precise interpretation of these accounts , but most agree that his conversion corresponded with his break from the Roman Catholic Church . The Calvin biographer Bruce Gordon has stressed that " the two accounts are not antithetical , revealing some inconsistency in Calvin 's memory , but rather [ are ] two different ways of expressing the same reality . " At the time of his conversion ( scholars have argued ) , Calvin also believed himself to have experienced a prophetic calling to reform the church , which is briefly reflected in the Psalms commentary account of his conversion and in many of his sermons and a number of his polemical tracts " 
