- Benoit Turretin
Benoit Turretin (1588-1631), the son of Francesco Turretini, a native of
Lucca , who settled inGeneva in 1579, was born atZurich in November 1588. He wasordain ed apastor in Geneva in 1612, and became professor of theology in 1618.In 1620 he represented the Genevan Church at the national
synod of Alais , when the decrees of thesynod of Dort were introduced intoFrance ; and in 1621 he was sent on a successful mission to the states-general of theNetherlands , and to the authorities of theHanseatic towns, with reference to the defence of Geneva against the threatened attacks of the duke ofSavoy . He published in 1618-1620 (2 vols.) a defence of the Genevan translation of theBible , "Eine Verteidigung der genser Bibelubersetzung" ("Defense de la fidelité des traductions de la Bible faites a Geneve"), against P. Cotton's "Geneve plagiaire". He died on 4 March 1631.His son was
Francis Turretin .References
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