Louis Tronchin (born at Geneva Dec. 4, 1629; died there Sept. 8, 1705) was a Genevan
Calvinist
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theologian and the son of
Théodore Tronchin.
Life
He studied at the Protestant
Academy of Saumur
The Academy of Saumur () was a Huguenot university at Saumur in western France. It existed from 1593, when it was founded by Philippe de Mornay, until shortly after 1685, when Louis XIV decided on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, ending t ...
under
Moses Amyraut
Moïse Amyraut (Latin: Moyses Amyraldus; September 1596 – 8 January 1664), in English texts often Moses Amyraut, was a French Huguenot, Reformed theologian and metaphysician. He was the architect of Amyraldism, a Calvinist doctrine that made ...
, whose "hypothetical universalism" had been vehemently contested by Tronchin the elder; he became pastor of the congregation of Lyons in 1656; and professor of theology at the
Genevan Academy
The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology unti ...
in 1661, in which position he represented the liberal trend and advocated tolerance. In 1669 he demanded the abolition of the oath that was imposed on all candidates
n theology not to attempt any innovations in the Calvinist doctrine.
Works
His works were:
* ''Disputatio de providentia Dei'' (Geneva, 1670)
* ''De auctoritate Scripturæ Sacræ'' (1677)
Bibliography
*
Eugene Haag and
Émile Haag''La France protestante'' vol. ix, P 225.. 2d ed., Paris, 1877 sqq.;
* J. Gaberel
''Histoire de l'Église de Geneve'' vol. iii., Geneva, 1862
*
Charles Borgeaud''L'Academie de Calvin'' Geneva, 1900
*
Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger''Encyclopédie des sciences religieuses'' xii 234- 236.
;Attribution
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1629 births
1705 deaths
Theologians from the Republic of Geneva
Calvinist and Reformed Christians
17th-century people from the Republic of Geneva
17th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians
18th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians
Academic staff of the University of Geneva
Louis
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
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