HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 83: William Farel, Eucharist, Middle Ages
9 Apr 2020
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Calvin"s pro-leavened stance conflicted with that of the germanic cities. This led to controversy and a halt on the eucharist within geneva. Calvin struck a stricter stance concerning admission to the eucharist than the council would have liked. He didn"t teach that you had to do good works to earn the eucharist. He did think your life should show signs of sanctification before communion. Much more can be said about calvin"s doctrine of sanctification. The lords of geneva suspected he was policing communion. They were now cast as poor stewards of the reformed eucharist. Farel and calvin were banished by the council of geneva. Calvin went to join bucer and capito in strasbourg. In strasbourg, calvin was able to lose himself in the humanist scene. This allowed him to develop as a church leader and an author. At times he also travelled to the hre to take part in colloquies aiming at reformed unity.
