SolaGratia
Puritan Board Junior
From the intro. of the book, A Reformation Debate John Calvin and Jacopo Sadoleto (p 14);
Bern, Geneva's allys had adapted Zwinglian reform in 1528 and was miliant in her support of the new faith. She was soon dispatching preachers to neighboring towns and countryside and using her influence to gain a hearing for their doctrines. With her backing Guillaume Farel, a fiery French evangelist, returned to Geneva in December, 1533 (his previous visit to the city in October, 1532, had resulted in his speedy expulsion) and, soon joined by a disciple, Pierre Viret of Obre, stayed on to lay the foundations of Genevan Protestanism. At Bern's insistence a public disputation, with Farel and Viret defending "evangelical truth," was held early in 1534 and a church was susbsequently turned over to the reformers.
The Church was militant dispatching preachers here and there in order for their doctrines to be heard.
I know within the church some people want John Calvin to "re-appeared," but I think we need more Farel's. We already have Calvin's works and the reformers contributions. What we need is men to go out there and preach these truths like the reformers with the power of the Holy Spirit to people, cities, regions, other churches, yes other churches, etc.
Bern, Geneva's allys had adapted Zwinglian reform in 1528 and was miliant in her support of the new faith. She was soon dispatching preachers to neighboring towns and countryside and using her influence to gain a hearing for their doctrines. With her backing Guillaume Farel, a fiery French evangelist, returned to Geneva in December, 1533 (his previous visit to the city in October, 1532, had resulted in his speedy expulsion) and, soon joined by a disciple, Pierre Viret of Obre, stayed on to lay the foundations of Genevan Protestanism. At Bern's insistence a public disputation, with Farel and Viret defending "evangelical truth," was held early in 1534 and a church was susbsequently turned over to the reformers.
The Church was militant dispatching preachers here and there in order for their doctrines to be heard.
I know within the church some people want John Calvin to "re-appeared," but I think we need more Farel's. We already have Calvin's works and the reformers contributions. What we need is men to go out there and preach these truths like the reformers with the power of the Holy Spirit to people, cities, regions, other churches, yes other churches, etc.
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