The Reformation In England, Volume 1 of 2 by Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné

The Reformation In England, Volume 1 of 2 by Jean-Henri Merle d

The Evangelical Society had been founded with the idea of promoting evangelical Christianity in Geneva and elsewhere, but a need arose for a theological seminary to train pastors. In 1823, he was called to become pastor of the Franco-German Brussels Protestant Church and preacher to the court of King William I of the Netherlands of the House of Orange-Nassau.ĭuring the Belgian revolution of 1830, d'Aubigne thought it advisable to undertake pastoral work at home in Switzerland rather than accept an educational post in the family of the Dutch king. In 1818, d'Aubigné took the post of pastor of the French Protestant church at Hamburg, where he served for five years. Studying at Berlin University for eight months 1817–1818, d'Aubigne received inspiration from teachers as diverse as J. When d'Aubigné went abroad to further his education in 1817, Germany was about to celebrate the tercentenary of the Reformation and thus early he conceived the ambition to write the history of that great epoch. He was profoundly influenced by Robert Haldane, the Scottish missionary and preacher who visited Geneva and became a leading light in Le Réveil, a conservative Protestant evangelical movement. The life Jean-Henri's parents chose for him was in commerce but in college at the Académie de Genève, he instead decided on Christian ministry. The ancestors of his father Robert Merle d'Aubigné (1755–1799), were French Protestant refugees. Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (16 August 1794 – 21 October 1872) was a Swiss Protestant minister and historian of the Reformation.ĭ'Aubigné was born at Eaux Vives, a neighbourhood of Geneva.

The Reformation In England, Volume 1 of 2 by Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné