Chapter 14: The Protestant Reformation (14.3)

Guillaume Farel

A French Protestant who established the Reformation in Geneva and invited Calvin to join him

Zurich

A Swiss city that was changed through the efforts of reformer Ulrich Zwingli

Basel

A Swiss city where Calvin took refuge and undertook a detailed study of the Bible, the writing of the early church fathers, and the works of Martin Luther

Geneva

A Swiss city which became a refuge for exiled Protestants from all over Europe and a training center for the basics of Protestant faith and practice

Anabaptists

A group of protestants led by Conrad Grebel who called themselves the Swiss Brethren; dubbed Anabaptists by their enemies after earlier religious groups who had been called by that name

Mennen Simons

An Anabaptist preacher in Holland who founded the Mennonites

Mennonites

Followers of Menno Simons, an Anabaptist Quaker

John Calvin

French reformer who put many of his Biblical ideas into practice in the city of Geneva, Switzerland

Amish, Quakers

Groups related to the Anabaptist movement

Conrad Grebel

Leader of a group of Protestants in Switzerland who called themselves the Swiss Brethren (dubbed "Anabaptists")

Ulrich Zwingli

Led the reformation in Zurich, Switzerland

John Knox

Scottish Reformer who spent several years in exile in Geneva and called the city "the most perfect school of Christ"

Switzerland

The land south of Germany that readily accepted the Protestant Reformation

Baptists

The largest group of Christians today whose heritage is linked to the Anabaptists

The Institutes of the Christian Religion; John Calvin

The single most influential book of the Protestant Reformation apart from the Bible, and it's author

Calvinists

Those who look back to Calvin as their founder

Swiss Confederation

Union of independent Swiss cantons (cities)