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)