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Calvinism's First Battleground: Conflict and Reform in the Pays de Vaud, 1528-1559

Calvinism's First Battleground: Conflict and Reform in the Pays de Vaud, 1528-1559

Bruening, Michael W.

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Series: Studies in Early Modern Religious Tradition, Culture and Soc, Book 4

General ChristianityGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9048170664
ISBN13: 9789048170661
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Oct 28 2010
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Calvinism's First Battleground sheds new light on the origin of Calvinism and the Reformed faith through a detailed examination of the Reformation in the Pays de Vaud.

A specifically Calvinist identity and theology emerged out of two key conflicts in the region: first, the fight to turn away from Catholic practices and traditions a population that had been forced to convert to Protestantism by the Bernese after their conquest of Vaud in 1536; second, the struggle against the Zwinglian political and theological ideas that dominated the Swiss Confederation and differed from the Calvinists' understanding of ecclesiastical discipline, the Eucharist, and predestination. The Pays de Vaud was central to this struggle, for it was subject politically to Zwinglian, German-speaking Bern, but many of its ministers were more strongly influenced by Calvin. Calvin himself was initially excited about the prospects for reform in the region, but frustrations with the Swiss led him and the Genevans increasingly to focus their efforts on France.

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