1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
FRANCOIS TURRETIN (1623-1687), son of the preceding, was born at Geneva on the i7th of October 1623. After studying theology in Geneva, Leiden and France, he became pastor of the Italian congregation in Geneva in 1647 ; after a brief pastorate at Lyons he again returned to Geneva as professor of theology in 1653, having modestly declined a professorship of philosophy in 1650. He was one of the most influential supporters of the Formula Consensus Helvetica, drawn up chiefly by Johann Heinrich Heidegger (1633-1698), …
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