Claude Pajon (1626-1685) and the Academy of Saumur

The First Controversy Over Grace
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25302-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 64, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Brill's Series in Church History

This is the first published monograph on Claude Pajon (1626-1685), the theologian at the origin of the greatest doctrinal controversy within the French Protestant camp in the mid to late seventeenth century. Drawing on manuscript sources, this study examines Pajon’s thought and its origins, and traces the nature and course of the first phase of controversy (1665-1667). It demonstrates that the conflict opposed Pajon as a ‘radical’ Cameronian over against the ‘moderates,’ with each party claiming to represent the true theological heritage of John Cameron (ca. 1579-1625), as proposed by Paul Testard (ca. 1596-1650) and Moïse Amyraut (1596-1664), respectively. The result is a new look on the theology of the academy of Saumur, and on the history of this institution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gootjes, Albert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Albert Gootjes, Ph.D. (2012) in Historical Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary, has authored several articles on seventeenth-century French Protestantism. He is also the translator of numerous scholarly articles and books, and an executive board member of the Post Reformation Digital Library.