Théodore Tronchin (theologian)

Théodore Tronchin (Latin: Tronchinus) (1582–1657) was a Genevan Calvinist theologian, controversialist and Hebraist.

Théodore Tronchin, 1657 engraving.
For the physician of the 18th century, see Théodore Tronchin.

Life

He was born at Geneva on 17 April 1582, the son of Rémi Tronchin and 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

He was an orthodox Calvinist, opposed to Amyraldism.[1]

Works

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:

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]

gollark: Yes, it was an insult directed at you.
gollark: (addressed to LyricLy, who was typing)
gollark: ```-------------------- ----- ----- ----- -----sha1-id False False False Falsesha1-newline False False False Falsesha1-bad_newline False False False Falsesha256-id False False False Falsesha256-newline False False False Falsesha256-bad_newline False False False Falsesha3_256-id False False False Falsesha3_256-newline False False False Falsesha3_256-bad_newline False False False Falsesha3_512-id False False False Falsesha3_512-newline False False False Falsesha3_512-bad_newline False False False Falsesha224-id False False False Falsesha224-newline False False False Falsesha224-bad_newline False False False Falsesha512-id False False False Falsesha512-newline False False False Falsesha512-bad_newline False False False Falsesha3_384-id False False False Falsesha3_384-newline False False False Falsesha3_384-bad_newline False False False Falsesha3_224-id False False False Falsesha3_224-newline False False False Falsesha3_224-bad_newline False False False Falsesha384-id False False False Falsesha384-newline False False False Falsesha384-bad_newline False False False False-------------------- ----- ----- ----- -----```you.
gollark: Come to think of it, it might just be comparing *pairs* via some hashing thing and not be a total ordering, but I doubt it.
gollark: I used highly advanced coding and algorithms™ to try a bunch of algorithms to see if any of them put the list in the right order.

References
  1. (in French) Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse
  2. "''Schaff-Herzog'' article". Ccel.org. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  3. Stelling-Michaud, Suzanne (1980). "Le Livre du Recteur de l'Académie de Genève (1559-1878)". ISBN 9782600031929. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Manetsch, Scott M. (2013). Calvin's Company of Pastors: Pastoral Care and the Emerging Reformed Church, 1536-1609. Oxford University Press. p. 61.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. (in German) BBKL page
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
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.

Academic offices
Preceded by
Giovanni Diodati
Bénédict Turrettini		 Chair of theology at the Genevan Academy
1615–1656
With: Giovanni Diodati (1615-1631)
Bénédict Turrettini (1615-1645)
Friedrich Spanheim (1631-1642)
Alexander Morus (1642-1649)
Antoine Léger (1645-1654)
Philippe Mestrezat (1649-1656)
François Turrettini (1653-1656)		 Succeeded by
Philippe Mestrezat
François Turrettini
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