1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
JEAN ALPHONSE TURRETIN (1671-1737), son of the preceding, was born at Geneva on the i3th of August 1671. He studied theology at Geneva under L. Tronchin, and after travelling in Holland, England and France was received into the " Venerable Compagnie des Pasteurs " of Geneva in 1693. Here he became pastor of the Italian congregation, and in 1697 professor of church history, and later (1705) of theology. During the next forty years of his life he enjoyed great influence in Geneva as the advocate of a more liberal the…
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