| − | For this reason in 1534 [[Francis I]] began persecuting the Protestant minded individuals, and Calvin fled Paris. During a short stay in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]], he published the first edition of his masterpiece ''Institutes of the Christian Religion'', which outlined the Protestant faith and explained why Protestant doctrine was not heretical. He would revise and expand this work several times. | + | For this reason in 1534 [[Francis I]] began persecuting the Protestant minded individuals, and Calvin fled Paris. During a short stay in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]], he published the first edition of his masterpiece ''[[Institutes of the Christian Religion]]'', which outlined the Protestant faith and explained why Protestant doctrine was not heretical. He would revise and expand this work several times. |