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JOHN CALVIN : LIFE, LEGACY AND THEOLOGY -<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
just as the plague had taken her first husb<strong>and</strong> only a year earlier, so it could now take Idelette, who<br />
was still weak from illness. He wrote, urging her to leave Strasbourg until the plague was over.<br />
But Idelette had already taken action. She had taken her children <strong>and</strong> moved in with her brother<br />
Lambert. Lambert had been a wealthy l<strong>and</strong>owner in Liege before he was forced to flee, leaving behind<br />
everything he had. But in only a few years in Strasbourg, he had once again become an honored<br />
citizen. Later that year, <strong>John</strong> was called to another conference. He <strong>and</strong> Idelette were separated for 32<br />
of the first 45 weeks of their marriage.<br />
Then came an even greater challenge than separation—the call to return to Geneva. He did not want<br />
to go; “I would rather face death a hundred times” than return to Geneva, he said. “If I had a free<br />
choice, I would prefer doing anything else in the world.”<br />
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