The final edition of Calvin's Institutes gives the Reformed tradition its systematic statement, and the Geneva Academy begins training its ministers; Geneva becomes the school's city for Reformed churches across Europe.
Tagged: Christian Reformed and Presbyterian
The Event
- Date
- 1559 (exact)
- Era
- Reformation; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Geneva; today Geneva, Switzerland
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Reformed and Presbyterian
- Key figures
- John Calvin
- Key texts
- Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559)
Primary Sources
- Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559)
Secondary Sources
- González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
- MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)
Provenance: HIST-0052; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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