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Rise and Establishment of Protestantism at Geneva - James Aitken Wylie

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assisted by Farel <strong>and</strong> Viret. The two opposing<br />

champions were Peter Careli, a doctor <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Sorbonne, <strong>and</strong> John Chapuis, a Dominican <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Geneva</strong>. These days <strong>of</strong> comb<strong>at</strong> were days <strong>of</strong> joy to<br />

the friends <strong>of</strong> the Gospel. Each day some old idol<br />

was dethroned. The ancient cloud was lifting, <strong>and</strong><br />

as fold after fold <strong>of</strong> the murky vapor rolled away,<br />

Truth came forth in her splendor, <strong>and</strong> showed<br />

herself to eyes from which she had long been<br />

hidden.<br />

"As fair Aurora, in her purple pall,<br />

Out <strong>of</strong> the east the dawning day doth call,<br />

So forth she comes: her brightness broad doth<br />

blaze.<br />

The heaps <strong>of</strong> people, thronging in the hall,<br />

Do ride each other, upon her to gaze:<br />

Her glorious glittering light doth all men's eyes<br />

amaze."[10]<br />

In the end, both Caroli <strong>and</strong> Chapuis<br />

acknowledged themselves vanquished, <strong>and</strong><br />

declared, in presence <strong>of</strong> the vast assembly, their<br />

conversion to the Reformed faith.[11]<br />

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