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“Calvin’s success in Geneva was due to the organisation and disciplineOf the movement rather than to his theology” how far do you agree with this Statement?
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"Calvin's success in Geneva was due to the organisation and discipline Of the movement rather than to his theology" how far do you agree with this Statement? During the Reformation, Calvin was very successful in changing religious practices and getting his ideas across. Geneva had been under the rule of the House of Savoy, but the Genevans successfully overthrew the Savoys and the local bishop-prince of Geneva in the waning years of the 1520's. The Genevans, however, unlike the citizens of Zurich, Bern, Basel, and other cities that became Protestant in the 1520's, were not German-speakers but primarily French-speakers. As such, they did not have close cultural ties with the reformed churches in Germany and Switzerland. The Protestant canton of Bern, however, was determined to see Protestantism spread throughout Switzerland. In 1533, Bern sent Protestant reformers to convert Geneva into a Protestant city; after considerable conflict, Geneva officially became Protestant in 1535....
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