ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the inextricable link between Geneva's church and state until 1798. The Thirty Years' War and its culmination with the Peace of Westphalia have widely been recognized as a 'watershed' in the history of Europe. Voltaire would famously write in his Treatise on Tolerance that if it were not for Westphalia, 'Germany would now be a desert covered with the bones of Catholics, Evangelicals, Reformers and Anabaptists, all massacred by each other'. Confusion over church and state dynamics continued in the coming years before the start of the new century. The interrelation of Geneva's church and state was further demonstrated in the state's concern for attendance at Sunday worship. The political neutrality of Christianity, according to Vernet, also echoes Calvin's hesitancy to name one right order of government due to the diversity of forms. The influence of the French Revolution was also evident in the decision by the 'Equality Clubs' to form a Genevan National Assembly.
