Research topic: Guillaume Farel

Guillaume Farel , 1489-1565, French religious reformer, associate of John Calvin . In 1520, Farel joined Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples at Meaux to aid in church reform and to establish an evangelical school for students and preachers. Soon his iconoclastic ideas made him suspect, and he left for Switzerland, where he did most of his work. His fearless and eloquent evangelism aroused both support and opposition. He received permission to spread the reform doctrine throughout the canton of Bern. The opposition of the bishop forced him to leave Geneva in 1532, but he returned in... Read more