Genevan

Calvin established an eldership together with a " consistory ", where pastors and the elders established matters of religious discipline for the Genevan population.

In Geneva stayed a deserted UEA, in which the old leaders took power again, the so-called Genevan UEA.

In the fifth letter he wondered why Voltaire had not been able to imbue the Genevan councilors, who frequently met him, "with that spirit of tolerance which he preaches without cease, and of which he sometimes has need".

On 27 June an unsigned threatening letter in Genevan dialect was found at the pulpit of St. Pierre Cathedral where Calvin preached.

Reformation While the Genevan Reformed tradition sought to introduce vernacular versions translated from the original languages, it nevertheless retained and extended the use of the Vulgate in theological debate.

Return to Geneva (1754) On returning to Geneva in 1754, Rousseau reconverted to Calvinism and regained his official Genevan citizenship.

This resulted in his having to give up his Genevan citizenship, although he would later revert to Calvinism in order to regain it.