Calvinism became the theological system of the majority in Scotland ( see John Knox ) , the Netherlands , and parts of Germany and was influential in France , Hungary , Transylvania , and Poland . Calvinism became the theological system of the majority in Scotland ( see John Knox ) , the Netherlands , with men such as William Ames , T J Frelinghuysen and Wilhelmus a Brakel and parts of Germany ( especially those adjacent to the Netherlands ) with the likes of Olevianus and his colleague Zacharias Ursinus . It was influential in France , Hungary , then-independent Transylvania , Lithuania and Poland .