The confession of the Guanabara Bay martyrs (1558) (1)
This article examines the historical establishment of a French Huguenot settlement in Brazil (Guanabara Bay) in 1555, sponsored by Admiral Gaspard Coligny as a refuge for Reformed believers fleeing Catholic persecution in France. The author uses this case study to demonstrate that the Reformed faith, despite accusations to the contrary, was actively engaged in missionary work and colonization efforts during the sixteenth century, driven by convictions about sovereign grace and religious freedom.
The history of the spread of the Reformed faith in the sixteenth century during the early and difficult decades of the Protestant Reformation is always interesting, especially in connection with the work of Reformed churches in missions. Since the Reformed faith, with its doctrines of sovereign particular grace and double predestination, is often maligned as uninterested in and unable to do world missions, it is encouraging to see from the Lord's work through His church examples that show that...
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