Rise and Establishment of Protestantism at Geneva - James Aitken Wylie

their fault; the rest set the Ecclesiastical Court at
open defiance, and, in accordance with the
constitutional law and practice, were summoned
before the Council, and ordered to prison.
Madame Perrin was among the incarcerated.
Her rage knew no bounds; and what added to it
was the circumstance of her father being
imprisoned about the same time for "debauchery
and adultery." The humiliation of the family of
Favre was now complete, and their indignation was
fierce in proportion. They loudly demanded the
abolition of the ecclesiastical laws, and denounced
Calvin as bringing back, under another name, the
tyranny of the Roman Church.[6] The captaingeneral,
Perrin, took the part of his wife and his
father-in-law, and used all his influence both in the
Council and in the city against Calvin.
The party increased in numbers and in
audacity. They demanded that the Council should
strip the Consistory of the power to
excommunicate, and take it into its own hands.
They hoped, no doubt, that in the hands of the
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