24/05/2017
Geneva's status as a world city and center of international diplomacy had much to do with the influx of religious refugees from all over Europe who were drawn to Calvin and the Genevan church, something Calvin recognizes in a letter to the city council. May God grant, noble and excellent SIRS, that (as ye have hitherto done with the highest praise,) ye may go on, until the end, to defend, by your unwearied faith and authority, the pure doctrine of the Gospel of Christ; which is attacked on every side by the angry violence of the world; and that ye may never cease to receive, under your protecting care, all the godly, who flee to your protection; so that your city may ever be a sanctuary devoted to God, and a faithful asylum for the members of Christ; remaining immovable amid these horrid tumults. Preface to A Treatise on the Eternal Predestination of God, Jan 1, 1552
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Geneva’s status as a world city and center of international diplomacy had much to do with the influx of religious refugees from all over Europe who were drawn to Calvin and the Genevan church…