church offices. As such, it was a key component for Calvin’s “school of Christ.” On Christmas Day 1559, Calvin was granted Genevan citizenship. Five years later, on May 27, 1564, Calvin died. The next day, a Sunday, this teacher in the “school of Christ” was buried in an unknown grave, desiring no adulation after his death. For Calvin, Christian education had entered a time of crisis during the pre-Reformation era.[31] Much of the pastoral leadership of the Medieval