Pour une sémiotique de la Réforme : le Consensus Tigurinus (1549) et la Brève résolution... (1555) de Calvin

Towards a Semiotic Analysis of the Reformation The aim of this study is twofold: the XVIth-century Reformation involved not only a shift in the outward expression of piety, and a growing dissatisfaction with Roman rites - classified as idolatry -, but it also emphasized a change in perception. The Lord's Supper was a case in point, and Calvin's agreement with the other Swiss reformers - known as "Consensus Tigurinus" - showed the basic need for a redefinition of that sacrament. A sacrament is a sign... but what is sign after all ? Calvin's approach was linguistic : a sign should not be mixed up with its meaning. Using Saussure and Jakobson, this article demonstrates Calvin's seminal role in widening the gap between words and things.Cottret Bernard. Pour une sémiotique de la Réforme : le Consensus Tigurinus (1549) et la Brève résolution... (1555) de Calvin. In: Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations. 39ᵉ année, N. 2, 1984. pp. 265-285