The city of Geneva, which belongs to…
1555 CE
The city of Geneva, which belongs to Calvin by 1555, has become home to many religious refugees who will carry away the desire to implement a Genevan reform in their own countries.
Calvin’s personal letters and published works reach from the British Isles to the Baltic.
His lucid use of French promotes this language much as Luther's work has spread the influence of German.
The Presbyterian church order that he institutes establishes a principle of lay involvement that greatly impacts Europe.
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Sixteenth-century portrait of John Calvin by an unknown artist. From the collection of the Bibliothèque de Genève (Library of Geneva)
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