13 September 1565 A.D. Fiery William Farel Dies—Calvin’s Colleague
13 September 1565 A.D. Fiery William Farel Dies—Calvin’s Colleague http://www.prca.org/books/portraits/farel.htm Chapter 24 William Farel: Fiery Evangelist of the Reformation Introduction We who are of the Calvin Reformation rightly honor John Calvin as the great Reformer of Geneva and the spiritual father of Calvinistic churches throughout the world. But it is not an exaggeration to say that Calvin's work would not have been possible without the intrepid labors of another Reformer, William Farel, who hacked away the undergrowth of Roman Catholic superstition and plowed the soil of Switzerland so that the seeds of Calvin could be sown and bear their fruit. Schaff writes of him: Farel's work was destructive rather than constructive. He could pull down, but not build up. He was a conqueror, but not an organizer of his conquests; a man of action, not a man of letters; an intrepid preacher, not a theologian. He felt his defects, and handed his work ove...