© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden,  DOI: 10.1163/187124111X557755 CHRC .– () – Church History and Religious Culture www.brill.nl/chrc Independent Yet Harmonious: Some Remarks on the Relationship between the Teology of Peter Martyr Vermigli (–) and John Calvin Luca Baschera Abstract Te essay deals with the relationship between the theology of Peter Martyr Vermigli and John Calvin. Comparing their doctrine of predestination and justification, there emerge both points of contact and divergences. Whereas their teaching coincided in content, their method and terminology could differ even significantly, not least because Vermigli— more often than Calvin—integrated into his theological works concepts and distinctions characteristic of the Aristotelian and scholastic traditions. Tus, while remaining a loyal and esteemed ally of Calvin during his entire career as a Reformed theologian, Vermigli always retained his own theological profile. Keywords Peter Martyr Vermigli; John Calvin; Reformed Orthodoxy; scholasticism; predestination; justification; inherent righteousness . Introduction Just like John Calvin, Peter Martyr Vermigli belongs to the group of the so- called “second generation Reformers.” For  years (–) Vermigli was tirelessly active as a Reformed theologian, professor, and polemist in Stras- bourg, Oxford, and Zurich. He and Calvin—as well as, for example, Wolf- gang Musculus and Heinrich Bullinger—contributed significantly to what can be called “the first codification of Reformed theology,” 1 i.e. to the early shap- ing of Reformed theological identity. It is therefore not at all surprising that 1) Richard A. Muller, Christ and the Decree. Christology and Predestination in Reformed Teology from Calvin to Perkins (Durham, ), p. .