calvin began the reformed movement (a branch of the protestant reformation) in zurich switzerland.
who began the reformed movement (a branch of the protestant reformation) in zurich switzerland?
calvin
presbyterians trace their history to the protestant reformation in the 16th century. the presbyterian heritage, and much of its theology, began with the french theologian and lawyer john calvin (1509–64), whose writings solidified much of the reformed thinking that came before him in the form of the sermons and writings of huldrych zwingli. from calvin's headquarters in geneva, the reformed movement spread to other parts of europe. john knox, a former roman catholic priest from scotland who studied with calvin in geneva, took calvin's teachings back to scotland and led the scottish reformation of 1560. because of this reform movement, the church of scotland embraced reformed theology and presbyterian polity. the ulster scots brought their presbyterian faith with them to ireland, where they laid the foundation of what would become the presbyterian church in ireland.
presbyterian church (usa)
the reformation spread primarily into the cities of switzerland, which was then composed of loosely connected cantons. breakthrough began in the 1520s in zurich under zwingli, in bern in 1528 under berchtold haller, in basel in 1529 under johannes oecolampadius. after the early death of zwingli in 1531, the reformation continued. the french-speaking cities neuchâtel, geneva and lausanne changed to the reformation ten years later under william farel and john calvin coming from france. the zwingli and calvin branches had each their theological distinctions, but in 1549 under the lead of bullinger and calvin they came to a common agreement in the consensus tigurinus (zürich consent), and 1566 in the second helvetic confession. the german reformed ideological center was zurich, the french speaking reformed movement bastion was geneva.
swiss reformed church