All videos -Jean Calvin 1 - Documentary about the life and teachings of John Calvin. You had to be extremely courageous and independent to go against the current trend in France and all eurose to become a Hugenot! Most people in fact 90 percent of the population was Catholic in France at the time of Jean Calvin! Mostly the north! Jean Calvin himself, a lawyer, had to take refuge in Geneva!
Geneva was not a protestant city at first, mighty protestant evangelists went to Geneva without any success, one was thrown out of the city for preching Jesus! Then a frail men went to Geneva and installed himself in the schools teaching childerns. Then this reformer told the childerns about the story of Jesu and the bible and these childrens would go back to their parents and tell them the story of Jesus. This is how Geneva was completely won to the reformed faith!bible society, bible society, bible society,
About the wars between Hugenots and catholics: The monarch, not loath to bring into contrast the power and acuteness of the opposing champions, and glad of an opportunity of humbling the pride of these haughty monks, bade the Romanists defend their cause by the Bible.
This weapon, they well knew, would avail them little; imprisonment, torture, and the stake were arms which they better understood how to wield. Now the tables were turned, and they saw themselves about to fall into the pit into which they had hoped to plunge Berquin. In amazement they looked about them for some way of escape. (read more...) jesus christ sauve, évangile selon jésus christ, mission chrétienne, jesus christ sauve, évangile selon jésus christ, mission chrétienne, jesus christ sauve, évangile selon jésus christ, mission chrétienne,
