François Turrettini

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François Turrettini (born October 17, 1623 in Geneva , † September 28, 1687 ibid) was a Geneva Reformed theologian from the Geneva theologian family Turrettini .

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Turrettini was the son of Geneva theology professor Bénédict Turrettini and studied Protestant theology from 1643 to 1646 in Geneva, then in Leiden , Utrecht , Paris , Saumur , Montauban and Nîmes . In 1647 he returned to Geneva and was ordained as a Reformed pastor the following year. He served the Italian-speaking Reformed community in 1648 and the French-speaking one from 1648–1652. In 1653 , like his father, he became professor of theology at the Geneva Academy , where he taught until 1687. From 1654 to 1657 and 1668 to 1670 he was rector. In his day he was the leading figure in the Reformed Church in Geneva.

From 1661 to 1662 Turrettini traveled to the Netherlands as a representative of the Republic of Geneva , and he also campaigned for the Huguenots in France and the Waldensians in Piedmont . In 1669 he married Isabelle de Masse.

Works and teaching

Along with Johann Heinrich Heidegger , he wrote in 1674 the Helvetic Consensus against Moses Amyraut and Louis Cappel . While he himself belonged to the strict Calvinist orthodoxy, his son was Jean Alphonse Turretin along with Jean-Frédéric Osterwald and Samuel Werenfels a pioneer of pietism and enlightenment . Turrettini put his sermons and devotions in collections and also published other theological writings. His Institutio theologiae elencticae , which arose from 1679 to 1685, is considered a typical Orthodox Reformed dogmatics, which was based on the doctrine laid down in the Dordrecht Synod 1618-1619.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emidio Campi: Turrettini, François. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Turrettini, François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Reformed theologian and professor in Geneva
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1623
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1687
Place of death Geneva