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Sheats, R. A.

Pierre Viret : the angel of the Reformation / R.A. Sheats. - Tallahasee, FL : Zurich Publishing, ©2012 - xx, 323 pages : frontispiece portrait, maps, photographs ; 24 cm

Includese bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.

Prologue: God was at work -- The young reformer: A light in Helvetia -- Tremors in Orbe -- Beginnings of ministry -- Pastor of Geneva and Lausanne: Battle for Geneva -- Called to Lausanne -- The Lausanne disputation -- Triumph of the Reformation -- Pastor of Lausanne -- Founding of the reformed academy -- Character of a reformer: Back to Geneva -- Calvin and Viret: Brethren in unity -- The shadow of death -- Viret the peacemaker -- Troubles from Bern -- Exile -- Ministry in France: Geneva and beyond -- Montpellier -- Lyon: The provision of the Almighty -- Geneva: A final farewell -- A lasting legacy -- A jewel in the crown -- He is working still. -- Keep alive the memory -- God meant it unto good: A tribute to Viret -- Calendar of events in the life of Pierre Viret -- Topical bibliography of the French works of Pierre Viret.

ISBN: 9780984378517 0984378510

LCCN: 2012946771

Subjects--Personal Names:
Viret, Pierre, 1511-1571.
Viret, Pierre, 1511-1571.
Viret, Pierre, 1511-1571.
Viret, Pierre, 1511-1571.
Viret, Pierre.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Reformation--Switzerland--Biography.
Reformation.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Switzerland.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

LC Class. No.: BR350.V4 / S49 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 270.6