[_Lat. Copy._--_Eccl. Archives of Berne_, vol. vi. p. 171.]
[354] See the preceding letter, p. 327.
[355] The theologians of Zurich, like those of Bâle, did not
hesitate to profess adherence to the doctrine attacked by Bolsec.
"Jerome," said they, "deceives himself and wrongs Zuingle, if he
believes that the latter taught that God himself was the cause of
man's sinning; for if he appeared to teach something similar to
that in his book on _The Providence of God_, we must, at the same
time, consult his other writings, where he has plainly established
that sin comes by no means from God, but from human corruption and
voluntary wickedness." Addressed to the Councils of Geneva by an
oversight which the ministers of that church seemed keenly to feel,
the answer from Zurich did not appear to Calvin to be a sufficiently
explicit condemnation of his adversary. See the letter to Bullinger
of January 1552.