Geneva
In Geneva, the Reformation is mostly only associated with the name John Calvin. In actual fact, though, Geneva was already Protestant when Calvin settled there and with his strong views on ethics and morals transformed the town on the Rhone, which had been a bishop’s see since about ad 400, into the “Protestant Rome”. The groundwork had already been carried out by someone else, the Frenchman Guillaume Farel, who had been authorised by Protestant Bern to take the Reformation to Lake Geneva. In addition, humanistic and reformist ideas from Paris found fertile ground in Geneva.
Following a dispute, in 1533 the City Council decided to abolish mass and in 1536 decided to adopt the new beliefs completely. That was the moment when John Calvin began his work in Geneva.
Calvin’s teachings, also referred to as Calvinism, were based on the four basic principles of the Reformation: only the (holy) scriptures, only Christ, only mercy and only belief.
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Calvin’s city Geneva