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"Calvinism changed religious practices in Geneva more thoroughly then Lutheranism did in Germany." Explain why you agree of disagree with this statement. During the Reformation there were two reformers that were the most successful in changing religious practices and getting their ideas across. These were John Calvin and Martin Luther. Calvinism spread throughout Geneva and Lutheranism spread throughout Germany. They did not agree on everything and this led to different practices in their Churches. 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...

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