Théodore Tronchin (theologian)
Théodore Tronchin (
Life
He was born at
In 1618 he was sent with his colleague Giovanni Diodati to the Synod of Dort, as Genevan delegate, where he spoke in favour of the perseverance of the saints.[4] In 1632 he was army chaplain under Henri, Duke of Rohan, during his final campaign in Valtellina.[2] In 1655 he was one of the delegation that conferred in Geneva with John Dury.[5]
He died in Geneva on 19 November 1657. The theologian Louis Tronchin was his son.[2] His daughter Renée married the printer Pierre Chouet, and the theologian Jean-Robert Chouet was their son.[6]
Views
He was an orthodox Calvinist, opposed to Amyraldism.[1]
Works
He was asked to reply to the
Other works were:
- De bonis operibus (1628);
- Oratio funebria de Henrico duce Rohani (1638);
- De peccato originali (1658).[2]
His 1628 funeral oration for Simon Goulart is known for the hint in it that Goulart knew the author of the Vindiciae contra tyrannos.[9]
References
- ^ a b c (in French) Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse
- ^ a b c d "Schaff-Herzog article". Ccel.org. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ISBN 9782600031929.
- ^ Manetsch, Scott M. (2013). Calvin's Company of Pastors: Pastoral Care and the Emerging Reformed Church, 1536-1609. Oxford University Press. p. 61.
- François Turretin, Paul Bacuet, and Jean de Pan. Bodo Nischan, John M. Headley, Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, Anthony J. Papalas, Confessionalization in Europe, 1555-1700: essays in honor and memory of Bodo Nischan (2004), p. 221; Google Books.
- ^ Martin I. Klauber, Between Reformed Scholasticism and Pan-Protestantism: Jean-Alphonse Turretin (1671-1737) and enlightened orthodoxy at the Academy of Geneva (1994), p. 39; Google Books.
- ^ (in German) BBKL page
- ^ Nicolas Fornerod, Gabriella Cahier, Philippe Boros, Matteo Campagnolo, Registres de la Compagnie des pasteurs de Genève, Volume 13; Volumes 1617-1618 (2001), p. xix; Google Books.
- ^ Hubert Languet, George Garnett (editor), Vindiciae contra tyrannos, or, Concerning the legitimate power of a prince over the people, and of the people over a prince (1994), p. xix; Google Books.
External links
- Works by Théodore Tronchin at Post-Reformation Digital Library
- CERL page
- (in German) Old dictionary entry
- Attribution
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