Théodore Tronchin (Latin: Tronchinus) (1582–1657) was a Genevan Calvinist theologian, controversialist and Hebraist.
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Life edit
He was born at Geneva on 17 April 1582, the son of Rémi Tronchin and Sara Morin. He married Théodora Rocca, the adopted daughter of Théodore de Bèze.[1] He studied theology at Geneva, Basel, Heidelberg, Franeker, and Leiden. He became professor of oriental languages at the academy of Geneva in 1606; he was preacher there in 1608, and professor of theology in 1618.[2] He was rector in 1610.[3]
In 1618 he was sent with his colleague Giovanni Diodati to the Synod of Dort, as Genevan delegate, where he spoke in favour of the perseverance of the saints.[4] In 1632 he was army chaplain under Henri, Duke of Rohan, during his final campaign in Valtellina.[2] In 1655 he was one of the delegation that conferred in Geneva with John Dury.[5]
He died in Geneva on 19 November 1657. The theologian Louis Tronchin was his son.[2] His daughter Renée married the printer Pierre Chouet, and the theologian Jean-Robert Chouet was their son.[6]
Views edit
He was an orthodox Calvinist, opposed to Amyraldism.[1]
Works edit
He was asked to reply to the Jesuit Pierre Coton, who in Genève plagiaire (1618) had attacked the Genevan Bible translation, the Bible de Genève.[1] Benédict Turrettini answered quickly in 1618, to the early parts of the book; and Coton published a rebuttal. Tronchin's answer Coton plagiaire (also Cotton)[7] appeared at the beginning of 1620.[8]
Other works were:
- De bonis operibus (1628);
- Oratio funebria de Henrico duce Rohani (1638);
- De peccato originali (1658).[2]
His 1628 funeral oration for Simon Goulart is known for the hint in it that Goulart knew the author of the Vindiciae contra tyrannos.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b c (in French) Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse
- ^ a b c d "Schaff-Herzog article". Ccel.org. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ Stelling-Michaud, Suzanne (1980). Le Livre du Recteur de l'Académie de Genève (1559-1878). ISBN 9782600031929.
- ^ Manetsch, Scott M. (2013). Calvin's Company of Pastors: Pastoral Care and the Emerging Reformed Church, 1536-1609. Oxford University Press. p. 61.
- ^ With Daniel Chabrey, Philippe Mestrezat, Antoine Leger, François Turretin, Paul Bacuet, and Jean de Pan. Bodo Nischan, John M. Headley, Hans Joachim Hillerbrand, Anthony J. Papalas, Confessionalization in Europe, 1555-1700: essays in honor and memory of Bodo Nischan (2004), p. 221; Google Books.
- ^ Martin I. Klauber, Between Reformed Scholasticism and Pan-Protestantism: Jean-Alphonse Turretin (1671-1737) and enlightened orthodoxy at the Academy of Geneva (1994), p. 39; Google Books.
- ^ (in German) BBKL page
- ^ Nicolas Fornerod, Gabriella Cahier, Philippe Boros, Matteo Campagnolo, Registres de la Compagnie des pasteurs de Genève, Volume 13; Volumes 1617-1618 (2001), p. xix; Google Books.
- ^ Hubert Languet, George Garnett (editor), Vindiciae contra tyrannos, or, Concerning the legitimate power of a prince over the people, and of the people over a prince (1994), p. xix; Google Books.
External links edit
- Works by Théodore Tronchin at Post-Reformation Digital Library
- CERL page
- (in German) Old dictionary entry
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). "Tronchin, Theodore". New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls.