Title: Between reformed scholasticism and pan-Protestantism : Jean-Alphonse Turretin (1671-1737) and enlightened orthodoxy at the Academy of Geneva /
Authors: Klauber, Martin I., 1956-
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press ; Associated University Presses,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Turretin, Jean-Alphonse,; Turrettini, Jean Alphonse,; Académie de Genève.; Formula consensus ecclesiarum Helveticarum.; Reformed Church Doctrines History.
Abstract: The enlightened orthodoxy of Jean-Alphonse Turretin, professor of theology at the Academy of Geneva, represents an important development in the Reformed theology of Geneva. His career reflected the views of an entire generation of Reformed scholars who attempted to reconcile orthodox Calvinism with the growth of rationalism.
Contents: 1. The Nature of Reformed Scholasticism and the Debates over the Adoption of the Helvetic Formula Consensus in Geneva -- 2. Reformed Liberalism at the Academy of Geneva: The Education of Jean-Alphonse Turretin -- 3. Jean-Alphonse Turretin on Natural Theology -- 4. Jean Alphonse Turretin on Special Revelation -- 5. The Demise of Reformed Scholasticism and the Abrogation of the Helvetic Formula Consensus of 1675 -- 6. The Fundamental Articles and Attempts at Protestant Reunification.