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In Geneva, church discipline was expressed, at the instigation of Calvin, in the establishment of special overseers, who, in the individual districts assigned to them, had to watch over the moral behaviour of church members. There likewise came about the creation of such social arrangements as ecclesiastically controlled inns and taverns, in which not only the consumption of food and drink but even the topics of conversation were subject to stern regulation.
The Church herself isn't guilt-free in attempting to maintain faith by force. The various Protestant fiefdoms were religious dictatorships. This sort of thing is nothing new.