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Portrait of Viret in Theodore Beza's Icones (1580)

Pierre Viret (1509/1510 – 4 April 1571)[1] was a Swiss Reformed theologian, evangelist and Protestant reformer.

  1. ^ Pierre Viret in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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Pierre Viret

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Pierre Viret (1509/1510 – 4 April 1571) was a Swiss Reformed theologian, evangelist and Protestant reformer. Pierre Viret was born in 1509 or 1510 in...

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Viret

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Viret (born 1943), French musicologist of Swiss origin Pierre Viret (1511–1571), Swiss theologian Virat This page lists people with the surname Viret...

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Idelette Calvin

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of them have trusted in vain. I also will hope". What Calvin wrote to Pierre Viret some days after her death will illustrate her character further. I have...

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Deism

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Calvinist theologian named Pierre Viret, but Deism was generally unknown in the Kingdom of France until the 1690s when Pierre Bayle published his famous...

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French Confession of Faith

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Working from this, and probably with the help of Theodore Beza and Pierre Viret, Calvin and his pupil De Chandieu wrote a confession for them in the...

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Protestantism in France

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Reformers including William Farel, Pierre Viret and Theodore Beza, who was Calvin's successor in Geneva. Peter Waldo (Pierre Vaudes/de Vaux) was a merchant...

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John Calvin

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searched for an ecclesiastical authority to respond to him. At first Pierre Viret was consulted, but when he refused, the council asked Calvin. He agreed...

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List of Huguenots

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French-speaking Protestantism. Key work: Homiletics; or the Theory of Preaching. Pierre Viret (1511–1572), theologian. Key work: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Charles Wagner...

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University of Lausanne

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several members of the academic staff, including rector Theodore Beza and Pierre Viret, resigned their seats to join the newly established Academy of Geneva...

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Switzerland

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Protestant Rome and housed such reformers as Theodore Beza, William Farel or Pierre Viret. Zürich became another reform stronghold around the same time, with Huldrych...

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Deism in England and France in the 18th century

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deist was by Pierre Viret, a disciple of Calvin, in his Instruction chrétienne en la doctrine de la Loi et de l'Évangile, in Genoa (1564). Viret regarded...

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May 4

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1525) 1566 – Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) 1571 – Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1511) 1604 – Claudio Merulo, Italian...

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Lausanne

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July 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne was signed at the Beau-Rivage Palace. Pierre Viret (1511–1571), Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer David-Louis...

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Thou shalt have no other gods before me

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like him to be?” Pierre Viret, a Swiss Reformed theologian and contemporary of John Calvin, made similar arguments. Reformers such as Viret and Calvin imbued...

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Vaud

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Vaud's Protestant Reformation started with co-workers of John Calvin like Pierre Viret (a famous debate took place at the cathedral of Lausanne), but it was...

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List of Swiss people

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(1932–2011) Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (1797–1847), theologian and critic Pierre Viret (1511–1571), reformer in Vaud Canton Lukas Vischer (1926–2008), theologian...

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Benoit Textor

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French physician and naturalist. He was a friend of John Calvin and Pierre Viret. He took an interest in the study of birds and compiled a work along...

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French Renaissance literature

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... (1559) - translation of Bandello. Pierre Viret Le Monde à l'empire (date?) satirical pamphlet Pierre Viret Le Monde démoniacle (1561) satirical pamphlet...

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1571

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6 – John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician (b. 1511) May 4 – Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian (b. 1511) May 29 – Joachim Mörlin, German Lutheran...

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Communion token

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cards. Communion tokens were first suggested in 1560 by John Calvin and Pierre Viret in Geneva, and although the city council rejected the practice, the following...

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1571 in literature

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mexicana Richard Edwards – Damon and Pythias See 1571 in poetry May 4 – Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian (born 1511) May 29 – Joachim Mörlin, German Lutheran...

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1511

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1576) Nicholas Bobadilla, one of the first Spanish Jesuits (d. 1590) Pierre Viret, Swiss reformed theologian (d. 1571) Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish...

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Jacques Viret

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Jacques Viret (born 19 October 1943) is a contemporary French musicologist of Swiss origin. Born in Lausanne, Viret is a pianist and organist, graduated...

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Pierre Courthial

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At sixteen, Courthial read works by John Calvin and his colleague, Pierre Viret. These writings established a theological foundation for his studies...

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Theodore Beza

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Tübingen to see his former teacher Wolmar. On his way home, he visited Pierre Viret at Lausanne, who brought about his appointment as professor of Greek...

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Corderius

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pension in recognition of his 12 years of service. During this period Pierre Viret acted as Corderius' pastor. Corderius was a brilliant pedagogian and...

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1562 Riots of Toulouse

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claimed the right to hold services." The famous Reformed theologian Pierre Viret had been working in southeast France (Nîmes, Montpellier, and Lyons)...

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