Geneva

Geneva is a city in southwestern Switzerland, on Lake Geneva near the French border. In the sixteenth century, it became a major center of Reformed Protestantism under John Calvin.

John Calvin: John Calvin was a French theologian and pastor whose writings shaped Reformed Protestantism. His ministry and reforms made Geneva a leading center of the Reformed tradition.
Ecclesiastical Ordinances: The Ecclesiastical Ordinances were rules adopted in Geneva in 1541 to organize its Reformed church. They established the city’s framework for pastoral care and church discipline.
Geneva Academy: The Geneva Academy was a school founded in 1559 to train ministers and educate students in Reformed theology. It prepared pastors who carried Geneva’s ideas to other regions.
Republic of Geneva: The Republic of Geneva was an independent city-state that existed from the sixteenth century until 1798. Its institutions governed the city during the era of Calvin’s reforms.
William Farel: William Farel was a French-speaking Protestant reformer who helped establish the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland. He persuaded Calvin to stay in Geneva and help lead its reform.
Consistory of Geneva: The Consistory of Geneva was a church court of pastors and lay elders that addressed moral and religious conduct. It enforced the discipline associated with Geneva’s Reformed church.
Marian exiles: Marian exiles were English Protestants who fled persecution under Mary I, many settling in Protestant cities abroad. Some English exiles in Geneva helped produce the Geneva Bible.
Michael Servetus: Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian and physician executed for heresy in Geneva in 1553. His trial and execution expose the limits of religious toleration in Reformation Geneva.
Genevan Reformation: The Genevan Reformation was the sixteenth-century transformation of Geneva into a Protestant city. It names the religious and civic changes that defined Geneva’s Reformation era.
Genevan Psalter: The Genevan Psalter is a collection of French metrical psalms set to tunes for congregational singing. Its publication helped give Geneva’s worship a recognizable musical tradition.

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