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Getting Serious About Sin
No misdeed went unpunished in Calvin's Geneva.
posted 7/01/2001 12:00AM
Madame Pyaget wasn't the only resident of Geneva called to testify before the consistory on March 31, 1542. The city fathers, led by Lord Egrege Porralis and including John Calvin and Pierre Viret, heard all sorts of cases, as reported in these excerpts from the daily register:
Jaques Emyn
Summoned to render an account of his faith. He responded that he had made a little progress and said the Pater, "Our Father, etc.," and a few words of the creed. The Consistory advise [sic], having given him proper admonitions, that he find a teacher who will instruct him in the faith and explain what the words mean and make him understand what concerns God.
Jaquemaz, widow of Claude Camparet
Asked about frequenting of sermons, etc., and about the child her son has had by her maid. Answers that she has put the child out to nurse. Asked about her faith, she says the Pater in the new Reformed manner, but does not know the Credo. And that she has nursed her husband six years in illness and that her son [incomplete ... To view this item, you must be a member of ChristianHistory.net.
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