William Farel

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William Farel was a French Protestant reformer and fiery preacher who played a key role in establishing the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland and in persuading John Calvin to remain in Geneva.

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William Farel canonical 6
Guillaume Farel 5

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instanceOf 16th-century Protestant
Christian theologian
French Protestant reformer
French-speaking Swiss Reformer
Reformation leader
banishedFrom Geneva
banishmentYearFromGeneva 1538
birthPlace Gap, Dauphiné, France
birthYear 1489
collaboratedWith Johannes Oecolampadius
John Calvin
Pierre Viret
confession Reformed
deathPlace Neuchâtel
surface form: Neuchâtel, Switzerland
deathYear 1565
educatedAt Panthéon-Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris
era Reformation
surface form: Reformation era
influenced John Calvin
Reformed churches in French-speaking Switzerland
influencedBy Huldrych Zwingli
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Martin Luther
knownFor establishing the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland
evangelizing French-speaking regions
fiery preaching style
persuading John Calvin to remain in Geneva
language French
movement Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
name William Farel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Guillaume Farel

William Farel self-link
nationality French
occupation preacher
reformer
theologian
opposedTo Roman Catholic Church practices
regionOfActivity Dauphiné
Romandy
surface form: French-speaking Switzerland
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
roleInGeneva helped introduce Protestantism to Geneva
urged the city council to adopt Reformation measures
roleInReformation pioneer of Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland
supportedDoctrine justification by faith
sola scriptura
theologicalTradition Reformed theology
workedIn Basel-Stadt
surface form: Basel

Bern
Geneva
Lausanne
Neuchâtel

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John Calvin collaboratedWith William Farel
William Farel name William Farel self-link
William Farel name William Farel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Guillaume Farel
Swiss Reformation hasKeyFigure William Farel
this entity surface form: Guillaume Farel
Republic of Geneva significantFigure William Farel
French Reformation hasKeyFigure William Farel
this entity surface form: Guillaume Farel
Jacobus Faber Stapulensis influenced William Farel
Meaux Circle member William Farel
this entity surface form: Guillaume Farel
Gap, Dauphiné, France isBirthplaceOf William Farel
Pierre Viret closeCollaborator William Farel
this entity surface form: Guillaume Farel