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CHAPTER 12.
CALVIN’S SECOND SOJOURN AND LABORS AT
GENEVA. 1541–1564.
The sources on this and the following chapters in § 81, p. 347.
§ 93. THE STATE OF GENEVA AFTER THE EXPULSION OF
THE REFORMERS.
I. The correspondence in Opera, vols. X. and XI., and HERMINJARD,
Vols. V., VI., and VII.—Annal. Calv, XXI. 235–282.—The
Chronicles of ROSET and BONIVARD; the histories of SPON, GABEREL,
ROGET, etc.
II. Henry, I. ch. XIX.—STÄHELIN, I. 283–299.—DYER, 113–123.—
KAMPSCHULTE, I. 342 sqq.—MERLE D’AUBIGNÉ, bk. XI. chs. XVIII.
(vol. VI. 610 sqq.) and XIX. (vol. VII. 1 sqq.).
C. A. Cornelius (Cath.): Die Rückkehr Calvins nach Genf. München,
1889. Continuation of his essay, Die Verbannung Calvins aus Genf.
München, 1886. Both in the Transactions of the Bavarian Academy of
Sciences.
The answer to Sadolet was one of the means of saving Geneva from the
grasp of popery, and endearing Calvin to the friends of freedom. But there
were other causes which demanded his recall. Internal disturbances
followed his expulsion, and brought the little republic to the brink of ruin.
Calvin was right in predicting a short régime to his enemies. In less than a
year they were demoralized and split up into factions. In the place of the
expelled Reformers, two native preachers and two from Bern were elected
on the basis of the Bernese customs, but they were below mediocrity, and
not fit for the crisis. The supremacy of the State was guarded. Foreigners
who could not show a good practical reason for their residence were
banished; among them, even Saunier and Cordier, the rectors of the
schools who faithfully adhered to the Reformers.