Pierre Viret: The Angel of the Reformation
This biographical article examines Pierre Viret (1511-1571), a significant but often-overlooked Reformer who worked alongside Farel in Geneva and Lausanne, emphasizing his commitment to the gospel and ecclesiastical discipline. The resource highlights Viret's conflict with Bernese magistrates over church discipline and the proper administration of the Lord's Supper, illustrating practical tensions between Reformed theology and civil authority during the Reformation era.
Pierre Viret (1511-1571), known as "the Angel of the Reformation," a worthy epithet for a man about whom his friend Farel wrote, "I can say that never have I found in him anything but a sincere affection for Christ and His Gospel, a character devoid of all harshness, a truly Christian soul, walking in love and seeking peace."1 He has also been called the "forgotten Reformer," and inasmuch as we have, it is to our loss. Viret was born in Orbe, Switzerland, a city of Vaud, the region in which he...
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