Jean Louis Bonnet

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Jean Louis Bonnet (born January 9, 1805 in Bursins , † March 15, 1892 in Montpellier ) was a Swiss Reformed clergyman .

Life

Jean Louis Bonnet studied Protestant theology from 1825, first at the University of Lausanne and then at the University of Basel . In 1829 he was ordained and first worked as a field preacher for a Swiss regiment in France . In 1830 he took over a French pastor in London . Another five years later he became a pastor in the French Reformed community in Frankfurt am Main ; until 1881, almost fifty years, he worked there. The community received its own hymn book , in which Bonnet was involved. In addition, he translated a version of the Bible by Otto von Gerlach into French . When the founding meeting of the Evangelical Alliance took place in 1846 , Bonnet also took part. He died at the age of 87.

Works

  • Le NT avec notes explicatives et introductions à chaque livre d'après Otto de Gerlach I (1846)
  • The unit de l'esprit par le lien de la paix. Lettres sur l'Alliance évangélique (1847)
  • Le NT avec notes explicatives et introductions à chaque livre d'après Otto de Gerlach II (1855)
  • Le NT avec notes explicatives et introductions à chaque livre d'après Otto de Gerlach III (1892)
  • Le NT avec notes explicatives et introductions à chaque livre d'après Otto de Gerlach IV (1905)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Bonnet, Jean Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss reformed clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Bursins
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1892
Place of death Montpellier