The cathedral of St. Peters in Geneva, in Switzerland a great revolution took place here it turn an ornate medieval church built to glorify god into a kind of laboratory dedicated in understanding him statues were thrown out all painting were white washed the congregation set out to no god directly with the only their bible to guide them this was the start of Protestant Reformation 450 years ago a reformation that redefined man's relationship to god by replacing the mystery of faith with the certainty of religious conviction 