The changes associated with the Reformation were particularly abrupt and far-reaching in John Calvin's Geneva, in large part owing to Calvin himself. This text makes two major contributions to the understanding of this particular period. The first is to the history of divorce, whilst the second is in illustrating the operations of the Consistory ...
John Calvin transformed the Western theology and law of sex, marriage, and family life. Building on a generation of Protestant reforms, Calvin constructed a comprehensive new theology and law that made marital formation and dissolution, childrenbs nurture and welfare, family cohesion and support, and sexual sin and crime essential concerns for ...
This critical edition of the Registers of the Consistory of Geneva in the time of Calvin reveals what life was like during the Protestant Reformation in a city where ecclesiastical discipline affected many. These valuable primary source documents- the great bulk of which have remained unknown to most modern researchers- are of capital importance ...
As one of the first Protestant republics, Geneva was a model of a modern Christian commonwealth in its pursuit of mutual religious, political, and economic enterprise. From John Calvin's death in 1564 to the Convention of Geneva, forerunner of the Red Cross, the foundation of Genevan identity remained the theology, polity, and spirit of Calvin. ...
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