Prefatory Letter To King Francis: Part I (The Institutes for Kids)

Hi there King Francis,

Let me be honest: when I started writing this book, I never thought you’d read it! I was only trying to teach the basics of Christianity to my neighbours. But then something super sad started happening: Christians, right here in France, who believe the stuff that I’m writing about, were told they weren’t welcome in your kingdom, and they started getting killed or burned or sent to prison or stabbed.

So I had an idea: Why don’t I write this book to you too, so that you can hear what we believe right out of my own mouth? That way, if someone says that we’re troublemakers, you can say, “Na-ah; not true!”