William Farel
Disputations
A chronological guide to major public theological disputations that shaped the Protestant Reformation from 1518 to 1554.
Dispute de Rive (1535)
Dispute de Rive (1535): Geneva before Calvin. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
Lausanne Disputation (1536)
Lausanne Disputation (1536): Reform in the Pays de Vaud. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
Pierre de la Baume
Geneva’s worldly last prince-bishop, whose flight from the city in 1533 opened the way for Farel and Calvin.
Pierre Viret
A short biography of Pierre Viret (1511–1571), the gentle reformer of Lausanne, friend of Farel and Calvin, and the most sought-after Protestant preacher of the Huguenot churches of southern France.
The Council of Geneva
The Council of Geneva of 1536: the Dispute de Rive, the suspension of the mass, and the vote of 21 May 1536 by which the citizens of Geneva swore to live according to the Gospel and the Word of God — two months before Calvin arrived.
The Waldensians
A history of Peter Waldo and the Waldensians, their preaching, persecution, doctrine, Alpine refuge, and union with the Reformation in 1532.
William Farel
A short biography of William Farel (1489–1565), the fiery evangelist of French-speaking Switzerland who won Neuchâtel and Geneva for the Reformation and held John Calvin in Geneva in 1536.
