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The Colloquy of Marburg
In 1529, Luther and Zwingli carried out a grueling debate on the metaphorical and literal content of the scriptural phrase This is My Body. In Geneva, Calvin brought together an alliance of leading citizens to exercise secular power while also dominating the newly formed civil church. Their brand of uncompromising austere belief propagated by Calvin's own prolific writings would be hugely influential in southern France, the Spanish Netherlands, and the Rhineland.