Summary: This episode it titled, Thrust Into the Game. So far we’ve marked the rise of 2 of the 3 major branches of the Reformation. We’ve considered Luthernism & the Radical Reformers or Anabaptists. Over the next few episodes we’ll consider the 3rd branch, called Calvinism, or simply, Reformed Christianity. I begin with a summary of the opening section of Bruce Shelley’s excellent, Church History in Plain Language & his chapter of John Calvin. Because the road to Strassburg was closed by the war between France & Spain the young French scholar had to pass thru Geneva. His plan was to spend only a night. He ended up spending many. (more…)
