Statues - Hither & Thither

Description

At the centre of the monument, four 5 m-tall statues of Calvinism's main proponents are depicted. To the left and right of these central statues are six 3 m-tall statues alternated with eight important texts and reliefs in relation the the depicted person. Along the wall, to either side of the central statues, is engraved the motto of both the Reformation and Geneva: Post Tenebras Lux (After darkness, light). On the central statues' pedestal is engraved a Christogram: ΙΗΣ.

				POST TENE				9	BRAS LVX
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1536 – 1602

The four central statues

#9

CALVIN FAREL

BEZE     KNOX

ΙΗΣ

Guillaume Farel (Gap, France 1489 - Canton Neuchâtel 1565) French evangelist, and a founder of the Reformed Church in the cantons of Neuchâtel, Berne, Geneva, and Vaud in Switzerland (Wikipedia).

Jean Calvin (Noyon 1509 - Genève 1564) French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation (Wikipedia).

Théodore de Bèze (Theodorus Beza) (Vezelay, France 1519 - Genève 1605) French Protestant Christian theologian and scholar who played an important role in the Reformation (Wikipedia).

John Knox (in or near Haddington, East Lothian, c. 1514 - Edinburgh 1572) Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who is considered the founder of the Presbyterian denomination in Scotland (Wikipedia).

The statues and the Reliefs

#2	#3
Wir Friedrich Wilhelm… thvn kvnd nachdem die harten Verfolgvngen womit man eine zeithero in dem Koenigreich Frankreich wider vnsere der evangelisch reformierten Religion zvgethane Glavbens-genossen verfah- ren. viel Familien veranlasset avs selbigen Koenigreiche hinweg in andere Lande sich zv begeben, dass Wir dannenher avs gerechtem Mitleiden bewogen werden denenselben eine sichere vnd freye Retraitte in alle vnser Lande vnd Provincien in Gnaden zy offeriren - Potsdam Edikt 1685 - plvtôt qve de laisser ces pavvres gens sans secovrs on vendra ma vaisseille d'argent fred. gvillavme a grvmbkow l'electevr de brandebovrg, dvc de prvsse accveillé dans ses états les réfvgiés francais victimes de la revocation de l'édit de nantes	FRED GVILLAVME LE GRAND ELECTEVR
Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (Cölln an der Spree 1620 - Potsdam 1688) Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia - and thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia - from 1640 until his death (Wikipedia). The text is a part of the Edict of Potsdam, 29 October 1685 (Full text, PDF).
#4	#5
d'ondersaten en zyn niet van godt ghe schapen tot behoef van den Prince om hem in alles wat hy beveelt weder het goddelick oft ongoddelick recht oft onrecht is onderdanigh te wesen ende als slaven te dienen. maere den Prince om d'ondersaten wille sonder dewelcke hy egeen Prince en is om deselve met recht ende redene te regeeren embrassons ensem- ble la défense de ce bon pevple l'espere moyennant vostre aide et la grace de diev laqvelle i'ay sentie si sovvent par ci devant et choses si perplexes qve ce qvi sera par vovs resolv Ie le maintiendray gvillavme prince d'orange avs états generavx le 26 jvillet 1581 les etats généravx revnies a la haye adoptent la déclaration d'indenpendance des provinces vnies	GVILLAVME LE TACITVRNE
Willem I van Oranje-Nassau William the Silent (Dillenburg 1533 - Delft 1584) main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish (Wikipedia). The text is a part of the 'Plakkaat van Verlatinghe', the declaration of independance of the Netherlands from 26 July 1581 (Full text).
#6	#7
Maintenant qv'il plait a diev commencer à novs faire jovir de qvelqve meillevr repos, Novs avons estimé ne le povvoir mievx employer qv'à vacqver à ce qvi pevt concerner la gloire de son sainct nom et service et à povrvoir qv'il pvisse etre adoré et prié par tovs noz svbjects. Et s'il ne luy a plv permettre qve ce soit povr encore en vne meme forme et religion, qve ce soit av moins d'vne meme intention assevrez messievrs de geneve qve je ne qvitte roy jamais mes anciens servitevrs povr de novveavx amys lesqvels je ne cognois encor bien et encor qve novs ne soyez mes svbjects je vovs maintiendroy comme si pestoy vostre pere dernieres paroles d'henri iv a l'envoye de geneve le matin dv 14 mai 1610 henri iv roi de france et de navarre signe l'edit de nantes le 13 avril 1598	COLIGNY
Gaspard de Coligny Seigneur (Lord) de Châtillon (Châtillon-sur-Loing 1519 - Paris 1572) French nobleman and admiral, disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion (Wikipedia). The text is a quotation from the Edict of Nantes (Full text).
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Nostre Pere qvi es es cievlx. sanctifie soit ton nom. ton Royavlme adviengne. Ta vovlente soit faicte en la terre comme av ciel. Donne nous av jovrdhvy nostre pain cottidien et nous pardonne nos offenses, ainsi qve novs pardonnons a cevlx qvi novs offensent et ne novs indvitz point en tentation mais novs delivre dv mal. Amen. Amen. le 22 février 1534 ayant preche devant l'assemblee revnie par bavdichon de la maison nevve pierre viret assisté de gvillavme farel et de froment admi nistra pvbliqvement le premier bapteme evangeliqve. la réforme est préchée av pevple de genève en présence des envoyés de berne	Guillaume Farel one of the central four statues
The text is the Lord's Prayer in French.

#9	#10
John Knox one of the central four statues	ovr Father which art in heaven halowed be Thy name. Thy kingdome come, Let thy wil be done even in earth as it is in heaven. Ovr daily bread give vs for the day, And forgive vs ovr sinne for even we forgive everie man that is indetted to vs. And lead vs not into temptation, bvt deliver vs from evil. Amen… la voix d'vn sevl homme est capable en vne hevre de met- tre plvs de vie. en novs qve le fracas de cinq cents clairons sonnant sans treve a nos oreilles randolph a cecil 1561 john knox prèche la réforme a st. giles d'édimbovrg devant la covr de marie stvart
The text is the Lord's Prayer.
#11	#12
ROGER WILLIAMS	In the name of God amen. we… doe by these presents solemnly and mvtvally in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ovrselves togeather into a civil body politick… and by vertve hearof to enacte constitvte, and frame svch jvst and eqvall lawes… as shall be thovght most meete and convenient for the generall good of the colonie. Anno Domini 1620 - the Mayflower Compact- le 11 novembre 1620 les pvritains anglais partis de plymovth avant de qvitter le vaisseav qvi les amenait a la cote dv refvge signerent le pacte dv mayflower precvrsevr des constitvtions de la démocratie américaine les pères pélérins fondent la première colonie de la novvelle-angleterre
Roger Williams (c. 1603 - 1683) English Protestant theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. In 1636, he began the colony of Providence Plantation, which provided a refuge for religious minorities. (Wikipedia). The quotation is from the Mayflower Compact, 11 November 1620 (Full text).
#13	#14
CROMWELL	the Lords Spiritvall and Temporall and commons being now assembled in a fvll and free representative of this Nation doe for the vindication and asserting their ancient Rights and Liberties declare: That the pretended power of svspending of laws by Regall avthority withovt consent of Parlyament is illegall… That levying money withovt grant of Parlyament is illegall… That election of members of Parlyament ovght to be free -the Bill of Rights. le 13 février 1689 gvillavme prince d'orange et marie son epovse fille ainée de jacqves ii appelés av trône d'angleterre accep tèrent la covronne et la déclaration des droits - fondement de la monarchie constitvtionelle les lords et les commvnes présentent a gvillavme et a marie la déclaration des droits des anglais
Oliver Cromwell (Huntingdon 1599 - Westminster 1658) English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. (Wikipedia). The quotation is from the Bill of Rights, 13 February 1689 (Full text).
#15	#16
BOCSKAY	Sacra Caesarea Regiaqve Maiestas omnes et singulos statvs et ordines regni in sva religione et confessione nvsqvam et neqvaqvam tvrbabit nec per alios tvrbari et impediri sinet. Vervm omnibvs praedictis statibvs et ordinibvs liber religionis ipsorvm vsvs et exercitivm permittetvr… Hvngariam per Hvngaros nativos possedebit. Officia regni Hvngaris et nationibvs ei annexis idoneis nvllo interposito religionis discrimine conferet Ex articvlis pacificationis Viennensis. l'independance de notre foi, notre li- berte de conscience et nos anciennes lois ont povr novs plvs de valevr qve l'or. bocksay à la diète de kassa. 1606 victorievx etienne bocskay, prince de transylvanie, apporte a la diète hongroise, le 13 décembre 1606, la paix de vienne garantie fondamentale de la liberté religievse dans le royaume
Stephen Bocskay (Hungarian: Bocskai István) (Kolozsvár / Cluj 1557 - Kassa / Košice 1606) Hungarian Calvinist nobleman, and Prince of Transylvania (1605-06), leader of a revolt against the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor's effort to impose Roman Catholicism on the Kingdom of Hungary (Wikipedia). The quotation is from the Pacification of Vienna, 1606.

Signed:

• central statues #9: landowski - bouchard
• statues #5, #7, #15 and reliefs #14, #12, #10, #2: p. landowski
• statues #3, #11, #13 and reliefs #16, #8, #6, #4: h. bouchard

Annotation

Sculptors

• Henri Bouchard (Dijon 1875 - Paris 1960), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Paul-Maximilien Landowski (Paris 1875 - Boulogne-Billancourt 1961), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

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