Calvin Versus Sadolet
This article by Martyn McGeown provides a detailed analysis and comparison of Cardinal Sadolet's 1539 letter calling Geneva back to Rome and John Calvin's theological response, examining the cardinal's appeal to antiquity and his attacks on the Reformers' motives. The resource demonstrates how Calvin defended the Protestant cause and the doctrine of justification against Roman Catholic arguments during a crucial moment in the Reformation. It is valuable for understanding the theological and polemical issues at stake during the early Protestant Reformation and Calvin's apologetic method.
Martyn McGeown (An Evaluation and Comparison of Cardinal Sadolet’s Letter to Geneva and Calvin’s Letter to Cardinal Sadolet) In March 1539, nearly a year after the expulsion of John Calvin and William Farel from Geneva, Roman Catholic Cardinal James Sadolet addressed a letter to that city to attempt, in the Reformers’ absence, to win back Geneva to the Roman Church. The Council of Geneva, instead of responding to the cardinal, forwarded the letter to Bern, where it was suggested that Calvin,...