Note 493 — Chapter VII · FAREL PREACHES IN THE GRAND AUDITORY OF THE CONVENT AT RIVE. (March 1 to April 25, 1534.)

Froment, an eye-witness, says (Gestes de Genève, p. 82) that Farel preached ‘in the grand auditory of the convent of Rive, without entering the church.’ Father Courtelier, in his evidence at Lyons (Procès inquisitionnel, p. 322), says that Farel preached ‘in the same church and pulpit as himself.’ But Froment’s evidence is corroborated by the Register of the Council of Geneva, which says, that the meeting was held in the cloister or auditory. Courtelier, no doubt only meant to say that Farel preached in the same edifice as himself, without strictly designating the place.