Jean-Alphonse Turrettini

Jean-Alphonse Turrettini (born August 13, 1671 in Geneva ; † May 1, 1737 ibid) was a Geneva Reformed theologian and professor at the Geneva Academy of Church History and Dogmatics .

Life

Turrettini was the son of the Geneva professor of theology François Turrettini and the great son of Bénédict Turrettini . From 1685 he studied literature, philosophy and theology in Geneva. He then continued his studies in the Netherlands, England and France. He got to know Jacques Basnage , Pierre Jurieu , Pierre Bayle , Jean Le Clerc , Gilbert Burnet , Isaac Newton , Nicolas Malebranche and Bernard de Fontenelle . At the end of 1693 he entered the spiritual service of Geneva, he was ordained in 1694 and first served the Italian-speaking parish. He taught church history from 1697 and also dogmatics from 1705. From 1701 to 1711 he was rector. In 1708 he married Julie Du Pan, the daughter of the first Syndic, Marc Du Pan.

Work and teaching

Turrettini campaigned for an ecclesiastical union with the Lutherans , for the abolition of the Formula Consensus and a new liturgy in the Reformed Church of Geneva. He wrote numerous dogmatic, church-political, exegetical and church-historical works. With Samuel Werenfels and Jean Frédéric Ostervald , he formed the so-called "Theological Triumphal Virate of Switzerland", which, in contrast to strict Calvinism , prepared ideas of the Enlightenment , natural theology and Pietism . Extensive correspondence of around 5000 letters is evidence of its European network and charisma.

literature

Erich Wenneker: Turretini (Turrettini), Jean [-] Alphonse (Johann Alphons). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 738-741. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Commons : Jean-Alphonse Turrettini - collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by and about Jean-Alphonse Turrettini in the German Digital Library
Maria-Cristina Pitassi: Jean-Alphonse Turrettini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Maria Cristina Pitassi: Jean Alphonse Turretin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

personal data
SURNAME	Turrettini, Jean-Alphonse
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Turrettini, Jean Alphonse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Reformed theologian and professor of church history and dogmatics
DATE OF BIRTH	August 13, 1671
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geneva
DATE OF DEATH	May 1, 1737
Place of death	Geneva

[1] Maria Cristina Pitassi: Jean Alphonse Turretin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .