Jacob Vernes
Jacob Vernes
Life
Vernes was born on 31 May 1728 in Geneva, and was educated as a pastor.[1] He was a wealthy man, well-mannered and cultivated, and had many friends. At the age of 22 he made a tour of Europe, where he met many of the leading intellectuals of the day.[2] Vernes was pastor of Céligny (1761–1768) and of Grand-Saconnex (1768–1770). He became a pastor at Geneva in 1771.[1] Vernes married Marie-Francoise Clarence from Puylaurens, but she died less than a year later. On 18 March 1764 he married Marianne Simonde, aunt of the historian Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, who was to be the mother of Francois Vernes de Luze.[3] In November 1782 Vernes was deposed from his position as pastor after disturbances in the city led to the intervention of the French and the cantons of Zurich and Bern on the side of the aristocratic party.[4] Vernes died on 22 October 1791,[1] in Geneva.
Work
Vernes collaborated with his friend
Voltaire and Rousseau
Vernes became a close friend of Voltaire, who called him his "dear priest" and he often visited Voltaire at
At first, Vernes was a friend of Rousseau, with whom he corresponded.
Later, Vernes attacked Rousseau for the views he expressed in the Confession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar in the last section of
Bibliography
- Jacob Vernes (1755). Choix littéraire. Claude Philibert.
- Jacob Vernes; I. L. (1763). Lettres sur le Christianisme de Mr. J.J. Rousseau, addressées à Mr. I.L. E. Blanc.
- Jacob Vernes; François-Louis-Claude Marin (1765). Recueil d'opuscules concernant les ouvrages et les sentiments de nos philosophes modernes sur la religion: l'éducation et les moeurs. Staatman.
- Jacob Vernes (Pasteur) (1765). Examen de ce qui concerne le christianisme, la réformation évangélique, et les ministres de Genève, dans les deux premières Lettres de Mr. J.J. Rousseau, écrites de la montagne. Chez Claude Philibert.
- Jacob Vernes (Pasteur) (1775). Convient-il de supprimer une partie des sermons qui se prononcent à Genève ?: examen de cette question. B. Chirol.
- Jacob Vernes (1776). Catechisme: Destine Particulierement A LG_TUsage Des Jeunes Gens.
- Jacob Vernes (1779). Catéchisme a l'usage des jeunes gens. J.L. Pellet, Imprimeur de la Republique.
- Jacob Vernes (1779). Confidence Philosophique, Volume 2. Du Villard & Nouffer.
- Jacob Vernes (786). Trois sermons: Prononcés dans l'Église Protestante de Constance le 16, le 23 & le 30 d'Avril 1786.
- Jacob Vernes (1790). Sermons Prononces a Geneve.
- Jacob Vernes, François Vernes (1792). Sermons. Didier.
Footnotes
- ^ Not to be confused with Jacob Vernet, a prominent theologian in Geneva around the same time.
References
- ^ a b c Voltaire, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet (marquis de), Louis Moland, Georges Bengesco, Adrien-Jean-Quentin Beuchot (1880). Œuvres complètes de Voltaire: Correspondance (années 1711–1776, nos. 1–9750) 1880–82. Garnier frères. p. 541.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Jean Pierre Gabarel (1856). "Voltaire et le ministre Jacob Vernes - Mort de Voltaire.". Voltaire et les Genevois. J. Cherbuliez, 1856. p. 136ff.
- ^ Charles Dardier (1876). Ésaĭe Gasc, citoyen de Genève: sa politique et sa théologie, Genève - Constance - Montauban 1748–1813. Sandoz et Fischbacher. p. 54.
- ^ Francis d' Ivernois (1789). Tableau historique et politique des deux dernieres révolutions de Genève, Volume 2. S.n. p. 186.
- ^ Jean-Daniel Candal (2010). "Roustan, Jacques-Antoine". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, Bern (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ISBN 0-521-81605-X.
- ^ Nathan Dow George (1846). An examination of Universalism: embracing its rise and progress, and the means of its propagation. Waite, Peirce and Co. p. 67.
- ^ a b c "Protestantism in Geneva". Blackwood's magazine, Volume 51. 1842. p. 165.
- ^ PITASSI Maria-Cristina. "Jacob Vernes's cathechism, or how to teach a wise and reasonable christianity". refdoc. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ISBN 0-88920-209-5.
- ISBN 978-90-420-2505-9.
- ISBN 0-7914-5603-X.
- ISBN 0-226-11862-2.
- ^ a b Nathaniel Smith Richardson (1858). The Church Review, Volume 10. G.B. Bassett. pp. 8–9.
- ISBN 0-226-11864-9.
- ISBN 0-226-43024-3.
Further reading
- Edouard Dufour (1898). Jacob Vernes, 1728-1791: essai sur sa vie et sa controverse apologétique avec J.-J. Rousseau ... W. Kundig et fils.
- Elisabeth Badinter. (14 December 2002). "Passions genevoises en 1760". Servetus International Society. Retrieved 13 January 2011.