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Often appears with: religious persecution and toleration · table of contents · swiss churches · prince’s deputy · massacre · faction, party, and civil strife · disruptive theologian · diplomacy and embassies · counsel and advisers to rulers · conquest, plunder, and captives · bullinger correspondence
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This passage is another segment of the editorial contents list, highlighting letters about the massacre of the Waldenses of Provence and subsequent efforts to obtain Swiss support.
CXXXI. TO FAREL.--Massacre of the Waldenses of Provence-- Calvin entreats the sympathy of the Swiss Churches in their behalf, 458 CXXXII. TO VIRET.--Journey of Calvin to Switzerland-- resolutions of the Diet of Arau in favour of the persecuted brethren of France, 460 CXXXIII. TO MONSIEUR DE FALAIS.--Directions for his conduct towards the Emperor Charl…
On 25 November 1544 Calvin writes to Bullinger requesting support for Waldensian brethren in Provence, rebuking a disruptive, self-contradicting doctor backed by a prince’s deputy, and asks Zurich leaders to help bridle him.
GENEVA, *25th November 1544*. You will receive from this brother who has delivered to you my letter, a crown-piece and two silver testons; for this, if I remember correctly, was the amount that remained. Excuse me, I pray you, for not having sent it sooner. As for the reason why this brother has been sent to you, by those of Neuchatel, he will himself tell you. There is, in my opinion, no difficulty, or very little,…