Calvin was an acclaimed a defender of Christianity, but he had opposition along the way, some undeserved, some self-inflicted.
Calvin was an acclaimed a defender of Christianity, but he had opposition along the way, some undeserved, some self-inflicted.
In the aftermath of the debacle of the placards, Calvin fled France and traveled to Strasbourg and then on to Basel in 1536 where he began to write “The Institutes of the Christian Religion”, a systematic presentation of the Protestant message and Calvin’s most significant contribution to Protest...
Geneva became a Protestant city on the 21st of May 1536 when the entire body of citizens and lawmakers convened together to renounce their allegiance to Rome and embrace the Reformed faith.