ry to his creed.

For a short time after the death of so many of its leading citizens in
the battle of Cappel, Zurich was reduced to impotence and despair. Nor
was she much comforted or assisted by her neighbors. Oecolampadius
died but a few weeks after his friend; while {160} Luther and Erasmus
sang paeans of triumph over the prostration of their rivals. Even
Calvin considered it a judgment of God. Gradually by her own strength
Zurich won her way back to peace and a certain influence. [Sidenote:
Bullinger, 1504-75] Zwingli's follower, Henry Bullinger, the son of a
priest, was a remarkable man. He not only built up his own city but
his active correspondence with Protestants of all countries did a great
deal to spread the cause of the Evangelical religion. In conjunction
with Myconius, he drew up the first Swiss confession, [Sidenote: 1536]
accepted by Zurich, Berne, Basle, Schaffhausen, St. Gall, Muelhausen and
Biel; [Sidenote: 1549] and later he made the agreement with Calvin
known as the Consensus Tigurinus. In this the Zwinglian and
Calvinistic doctrines of the eucharist were harmonized as far as
possible. But while the former decreased the latter increased, and
Geneva took the place of Zurich as the metropolis of the Reformed faith.

SECTION 2. CALVIN

On January 15, 1527, Thomas von Hofen wrote Zwingli from Geneva that he
would do all he could to exalt the gospel in that city but that he knew
it would be vain, for there were seven hundred priests working against
him. This letter gives an insight into the methods by which new
territory was evangelized, the quarters whence came the new influences,
and the forces with which they had to contend.

Among the early missionaries of "the gospel" in French-speaking lands,
one of the most energetic was William Farel. [Sidenote: Farel,
1489-1565] He had studied at Paris under Lefevre d'Etaples, and was
converted to Lutheranism as early as 1521. He went first to Basle,
where he learned to know Erasmus. Far from showing respect to the
older and more famous man, he scornfully told him to his face that
Froben's wife knew more theology than {161} did he. Erasmus's
resentment showed itself in the nickname Phallicus that he fastened on
his antagonist. From Basle Farel went to Montbeliard and Aigle,
preaching fearlessly but so fiercely that his friend Oecolampadius
warned him to remember rather to teach than to curse. [Sidenote: 1528]
After attending the dispu