Calvin's Geneva becomes a model
1541 · Event
Recalled to Geneva, Calvin gives the city his Ecclesiastical Ordinances — a disciplined, self-governing reformed church that becomes the template exported to France, the Netherlands, Scotland and New England. Knox calls it 'the most perfect school of Christ' since the apostles; its enemies call it a theocracy.
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