Piety

Forum paper from Church History on John Calvin’s Geneva and the rules by which the city was run… Question: Describe Calvin’s Geneva. Could you conceive of such a society today? Why or why not? Upon his return to Geneva (1541) until his death in 1563, John Calvin sought to institute social and moral reforms within the city. Calvin worked with city officials to pass a series of laws called the Ecclesiastical Ordinances, which established the Consistory, a court of sorts that would oversee these moral and social reforms. Some forms of punishment for breaking the moral code included a public repentance, attending religious services, receivingRead More →