Francis Turretin | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | François Turrettini 17 October 1623 |
| Died | 28 September 1687 (aged 63) Geneva, Republic of Geneva |
| Occupation | Theologian |
Francis Turretin (also known as François Turrettini; 17 October 1623 – 28 September 1687) was a Genevan-Italian Reformed scholastic theologian.[1]
Turretin is especially known as a zealous opponent of the moderate Calvinist theology of the Academy of Saumur[2] (embodied by Moise Amyraut and called Amyraldianism). He was an earnest defender of the Calvinistic orthodoxy represented by the Synod of Dort, and as one of the authors of the Helvetic Consensus, which defended the formulation of predestination from the Synod of Dort and the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
- ^ Turrettini, François, in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 483.