William Farel

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William Farel was a French Protestant reformer and fiery preacher who played a key role in establishing the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland and in persuading John Calvin to remain in Geneva.

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Guillaume Farel 7
William Farel canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century Protestant ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
French Protestant reformer ⓘ
French-speaking Swiss Reformer ⓘ
Reformation leader ⓘ
banishedFrom Geneva ⓘ
banishmentYearFromGeneva 1538 ⓘ
birthPlace Gap, Dauphiné, France ⓘ
birthYear 1489 ⓘ
collaboratedWith Johannes Oecolampadius ⓘ
John Calvin ⓘ
Pierre Viret ⓘ
confession Reformed ⓘ
deathPlace Neuchâtel, Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Neuchâtel
deathYear 1565 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Paris ⓘ
era Reformation era ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
influenced John Calvin ⓘ
Reformed churches in French-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
influencedBy Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
knownFor establishing the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
evangelizing French-speaking regions ⓘ
fiery preaching style ⓘ
persuading John Calvin to remain in Geneva ⓘ
language French ⓘ
movement Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
name Guillaume Farel ⓘ
linked to: William Farel

William Farel ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
occupation preacher ⓘ
reformer ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
opposedTo Roman Catholic Church practices ⓘ
regionOfActivity Dauphiné ⓘ
French-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Romandy
religion Protestantism ⓘ
roleInGeneva helped introduce Protestantism to Geneva ⓘ
urged the city council to adopt Reformation measures ⓘ
roleInReformation pioneer of Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
supportedDoctrine justification by faith ⓘ
sola scriptura ⓘ
theologicalTradition Reformed theology ⓘ
workedIn Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt

Bern ⓘ
Geneva ⓘ
Lausanne ⓘ
Neuchâtel ⓘ

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John Calvin → collaboratedWith → William Farel ⓘ
William Farel → name → William Farel ⓘ
William Farel → name → Guillaume Farel ⓘ
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Swiss Reformation → hasKeyFigure → Guillaume Farel ⓘ
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Republic of Geneva → significantFigure → William Farel ⓘ
French Reformation → hasKeyFigure → Guillaume Farel ⓘ
linked to: William Farel
Jacobus Faber Stapulensis → influenced → William Farel ⓘ
Meaux Circle → member → Guillaume Farel ⓘ
linked to: William Farel
Gap, Dauphiné, France → isBirthplaceOf → William Farel ⓘ
Pierre Viret → closeCollaborator → Guillaume Farel ⓘ
linked to: William Farel
Genevan Reformation → hasLeader → William Farel ⓘ
Meaux reform circle → hasMember → Guillaume Farel ⓘ
linked to: William Farel
Meaux reform circle → hasKeyFigure → Guillaume Farel ⓘ
linked to: William Farel