The Consistory and Social Discipline in Calvin's Geneva

327 Pages·2020·3.047 MB·English

by  Jeffrey R. Watt

The Consistory and Social Discipline
in Calvin’s Geneva
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Jeffrey R. Watt
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Cover illustration: John Calvin Presiding over the Company of Pastors of Geneva in 1549
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Close of the Napoleonic Era (London: Educational Book Company, 1914).
Lithograph based on a painting from ca. 1852 by Pierre-Antoine Labouchère.
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Contents
Abbreviations and Illustration xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1
The Consistory Encounters Resistance 15
Chapter 2
The Push for Religious Uniformity 39
Chapter 3
Educating and Disciplining the Young 69
Chapter 4
Controlling Lust and Regulating Marriage 100
Chapter 5
Superstitions, Magic, and Witchcraft 138
Chapter 6
Promoting the Industrious and Sober Lifestyle 162
Chapter 7
Conflicts, Reconciliation, and the Confession of Sins 191
Conclusion 220
Notes 231
Selected Bibliography 303