Religion: In Calvin's Town

Protestants from many lands gathered in Geneva last week for what was scheduled to be an international gesture of Christian unity. It turned out to be considerably more. Without any advance headlines, without adequate press facilities, hundreds of clerics staked out a program to change and improve the shape of the world.

Unlike the splendor of Rome's parallel gesture, the Geneva meeting was stark and austere. Only the colorful garb of an Anglican bishop here & there relieved the somber black-robed meeting of hundreds of Protestant churchmen. From Calvin's pulpit in the gaunt Cathedral of St. Pierre the speakers discussed their project...

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