Timbres commémoratifs à l’effigie de Calvin
De nombreux timbres ont été émis à l’effigie du réformateur à l’occasion du 500ème anniversaire de sa naissance en 2009 (année Calvin) en différents pays, généralement avec une forte implantation réformée....
Antoine de Chandieu (1534-1591)
Antoine de Chandieu was a theologian, a man of letters, a poet and also a man of action; he played an important role at the beginnings of the Reform Movement...
The Huguenot Refuge in Hesse-Cassel
Hesse-Cassel and Brandebourg both gave a generous welcome to French Huguenots.
Edmond-Henri Crisinel (1897-1948)
Edmond-Henri Crisinel was Swiss and one of the influential chroniclers for the daily paper la Revue de Lausanne between the Wars. He was a faithful, close friend of many writers,...
Edmond Jeanneret (1914-1990)
Edmond Jeanneret was a pastor in the Reformed Church of Neuchâtel and particularly ministered in Leysin and Bôle. He was a theologian, a reader of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer,...
The Popular Evangelical Mission of France
The Popular Evangelical Mission of France is a recognized Protestant institution for public education. Started at the end of the XIXth century, it has developed widely throughout French territories. With...
The Protestant cemetery in Mulhouse
The cemetery in Mulhouse houses tombs of important people who contributed to the development and influence of the city. The association ‘Mémoire Mulhousienne’ supervises this heritage.
The 1910 World Missionary Conference, which was held in Edinburgh
The World Missionary Conference has been seen as the formal beginning of the Ecumenical movement. For Protestant and Anglican Churches it was thought to be of paramount importance and the...
The Havilands, a family of china manufacturers
The Haviland family became leaders of the china industry and maintained this position for nearly a century. Their success was due to the fact that, on the one hand, they...
A History of the Waldensians
The Waldensian movement started in Lyon towards the end of the 12th century and spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. It joined with the Reform Movement and they were...
Renaissance and Humanism in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries
At the end of the Hundred Years’ War in 1453, Europe was peaceful for a while as there were less disease epidemics and less conflicts. The population grew, cities developed...
Henri Dunant (1828-1910)
Founder of the Red Cross
Montpellier Protestant cemetery
The Montpellier cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries that has remained private.
The Old Testament
The expression “Old Testament” was first used by Christians in the middle of the second century to describe the books which they shared with Judaism when they were putting together their...
Calvin and the Bible
Although Calvin considered the Bible to be of fundamental importance in his theses, he cannot be considered a fundamentalist. The authority of the Scriptures, according to him, called for interpretation :...
Humanism and translations of the Bible into the vernacular
The 16th century was a turning point in the history of the Bible ; it was widely distributed due to the invention of printing. Humanism advocated a return to the original...
The Reformers and the Bible : sola scriptura
Like all Christians, the Reformers based their faith on the supreme authority of the Bible. They stressed the importance of “sola scriptura” (by Scripture alone). This meant ridding the Bible...
The New Testament
The New Testament was written during the first century and is the part of the Bible specific to Christians. It consists of eye-witness accounts of the life of Jesus and...
Luther and Bible Reading
Before the Reformation the Bible was mainly read by a priest to a church community during an act of worship, and usually in Latin. This practice changed with the Reformers :...