Early French reform : the theology and spirituality of Guillaume Farel
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Early French reform : the theology and spirituality of Guillaume Farel
Ashgate, c2011
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St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
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Bibliography: p. [225]-239
Includes index
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Reminding us that the Genevan Reformation does not begin and end with John Calvin, this book provides an introduction to Guillaume Farel (1489-1565), one of several important yet often overlooked French-speaking reformers. Born in 1489 near Gap, France, Farel was an important first-generation French-speaking Reformer and one of the most influential early leaders of the Reform movement in what is now French-speaking Switzerland. Educated in Paris, he slowly began to question Catholic orthodoxy, and by the 1520s was an active protestant preacher, resulting in his exile to Switzerland. Part of Farel's aggressive work in this area brought him to Geneva several times, where in 1535 and 1536 he secured votes in favour of the Reform, and later in 1536 persuaded the young theologian John Calvin to stay. Farel also penned Geneva's confession of faith of that year and their ecclesiastical articles of the next. As such, this volume underlines the fact that Calvin entered the reform movement in Geneva in a situation in which Farel had been already deeply involved. To better understand that situation, the book is divided into two parts. The first provides a rich and nuanced portrait of Farel's early thought by way of interpretive essays; the second section offers translations of a number of Farel's key texts. These translations include some of the first widely-accessible full-length translations of Farel's work into English. Offering both a scholarly overview of Farel and his life, and access to his own words, this book demonstrates the importance of Farel to the Reformation. It will be welcomed not only by scholars engaged in research on French reform movements, but also by students of history, theology, or literature wishing to read some of the earliest theological texts originally written in French.
Table of Contents
- Part I Guillaume Farel's Theology and Spirituality
- Chapter 1 Guillaume Farel in Early French Reform, JasonZuidema
- Chapter 2 Farel's Summaire, JasonZuidema
- Chapter 3 Farel's Upward Spirituality, Theodore VanRaalte
- Chapter 4 Farel's Upward Spirituality, Theodore VanRaalte
- Part II Texts of Guillaume Farel in Translation
- Chapter 5 The Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed (1524), Theodore VanRaalte
- Chapter 6 A Summary and Brief Exposition (1529/34), JasonZuidema
- Chapter 7 'The Reason for which This Work was Written and Had to be Revised and Why it Was Lengthened' (appended to 1542 Summaire )', JasonZuidema
- Chapter 8 Liturgical Practices and Forms (1533), Theodore VanRaalte
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