Genevan Reformation

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The Genevan Reformation was the Calvinist-led religious and political transformation centered in Geneva that became a major model for Reformed Protestantism across Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Calvinist movement ⓘ
religious reformation movement ⓘ
coreDoctrine Scripture alone as highest authority ⓘ
discipline of the church community ⓘ
doctrine of predestination ⓘ
justification by faith alone ⓘ
sovereignty of God ⓘ
countryAtTheTime Republic of Geneva ⓘ
establishedInstitution Consistory of Geneva ⓘ
Geneva Academy ⓘ
linked to: Collège de Genève
hasLeader John Calvin ⓘ
Theodore Beza ⓘ
William Farel ⓘ
hasTypeOfChurchGovernment Reformed church polity ⓘ
presbyterial-synodal structure ⓘ
inception 1530s ⓘ
influenced Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
English Puritanism ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

French Reformed Church ⓘ
Huguenots ⓘ
Presbyterianism ⓘ
Reformed churches in Germany ⓘ
Reformed churches in Hungary ⓘ
Reformed churches in Poland-Lithuania ⓘ
Reformed churches in Switzerland ⓘ
Scottish Reformation ⓘ
influencedBy Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ
Martin Bucer ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
Swiss Reformation in Zurich ⓘ
languageOfKeyTexts French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mainLocation Geneva ⓘ
partOf Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
politicalAspect close cooperation of magistrates and ministers ⓘ
moral regulation of civic life ⓘ
reorganization of Geneva’s civic government ⓘ
producedWork Geneva Bible ⓘ
Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
religiousTradition Calvinism ⓘ
Reformed Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent 1536 adoption of the Reformation in Geneva ⓘ
1538 expulsion of John Calvin from Geneva ⓘ
1541 Ecclesiastical Ordinances in Geneva ⓘ
1541 recall of John Calvin to Geneva ⓘ
1559 founding of the Geneva Academy ⓘ
1559 publication of the final Latin edition of Calvin’s Institutes ⓘ
execution of Michael Servetus in 1553 ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ

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Reformation in the Palatinate → influencedBy → Genevan Reformation ⓘ
Reformed Church of France → influencedBy → Genevan Reformation ⓘ
Protestant Church of Geneva → heritage → Calvinist Geneva ⓘ
linked to: Genevan Reformation
Corpus doctrinae christianae → confessionalFamily → Continental Reformed ⓘ
linked to: Genevan Reformation
De substantia foederis gratuiti inter Deum et electos → associatedWith → Heidelberg Reformation milieu ⓘ
linked to: Genevan Reformation
St. Peter's Cathedral → associatedWith → Protestant Reformation in Geneva ⓘ
linked to: Genevan Reformation
Benedict Turretin → partOf → Genevan school of Reformed theology ⓘ
linked to: Genevan Reformation
Scottish Protestant churches → influencedBy → Genevan Reformation ⓘ
English Puritan churches → inspiredBy → Genevan Reformation ⓘ
Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud → emergedFrom → Calvinist Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Genevan Reformation
Consensus Tigurinus → associatedWith → Genevan Reformation ⓘ
Reformed churches in Germany → historicalOrigin → Calvinist Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Genevan Reformation