ABSTRACT
On 28 April 1564, a month before his death and severely weakened by illness, John Calvin gave a famous farewell speech to the Company of Pastors, recalling his first arrival in Geneva in August 1536 with these words:
When I first arrived in this Church there was almost nothing. They were preaching and that’s all. For sure, they were seeking out idols and burning them, but there was no Reformation. Everything was in turmoil. 1
