Background
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné was born on the 16th of August 1794 at Eaux Vives, a neighbourhood of Geneva. The ancestors of his father Robert Merle d'Aubigné (1755–1799), were French Protestant refugees.
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Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794-1872) is justly renowned as the historian of the Reformation. He captures the drama of the events which shaped Europe for the following centuries as the shackles of Rome were broken under the influence of the Reformers. This book is composed of extracts from those 13 volumes and covers the martyrdom of many for their convictions. The accounts vary in length but are all very moving; the great faith, composure under duress and bright hope for eternity of each one shine through. It is a book that should be read by all evangelical Christians as a reminder of the cost paid by so many in the past for the sake of the truth, and as a spur to personal conviction in our day of easy compromise when the great truths for which these men and women suffered are being so easily laid aside. First published in 1882, this edition has been completely re-typeset for issue as an eBook.
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(This representation of the life of Martin Luther (1483-15...)
This representation of the life of Martin Luther (1483-1546) and God's work reads as a soul-stirring diary of light in darkness, life in death.
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5 works of Jean-Henri Merle d' Aubigné Swiss Protestant minister and historian of the Reformation (1794-1872) This ebook presents a collection of 5 works of Jean-Henri Merle d' Aubigné. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century Volume I History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century Volume II History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century Volume III History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century Volume IV History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century Volume V
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For God and His People by Merle d Aubigne is a Christian biography about Ulrich Zwingli (1484 1531) from Switzerland who struggled to reform the church according to the pure precepts of the Word of God. Plots and counterplots, rioting mobs, and the threat of execution confronted Zwingli and his supporters, but through it all he sought to be a faithful shepherd to his flock, knowing that his loyalty must ultimately lie not with kings and princes but was for God and His people."
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Whether viewed as subjugator or protector, Oliver Cromwell was a titan of 17th Century England. French theologian Merle d'Aubigné wrote this 1847 biography for one purpose: "rectification of the common opinion with regard to Cromwell's religious character." And rectify he does. Working from Cromwell's letters and speeches, he reveals the Protector to be a man of prayer and Bible study, exceedingly devout, consecrated to God, a devoted family man. Included are Cromwell's tender letters to his children, his response to the proposal that he be crowned, and his thoughts at the end of his life, plus observations by George Fox and Milton and the death warrant of Charles I. What was the only important blemish to be found in this honorable man? Merle d'Aubigné's answer will surprise you.
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Trois sie?cles de luttes en E?cosse; ou, Deux rois et deux royaumes (363 pages)
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Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné was born on the 16th of August 1794 at Eaux Vives, a neighbourhood of Geneva. The ancestors of his father Robert Merle d'Aubigné (1755–1799), were French Protestant refugees.
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. 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.
It was in small extra-curricular groups led by Haldane, that Merle d'Aubigné and his peers studied the Bible; according to church historian John Carrick, no classes were offered in the Christian scriptures at the school at that time, their having been replaced by the ancient Greek scholars.
When Merle 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. Studying at Berlin University for eight months 1817–1818, Merle d'Aubigné received inspiration from teachers as diverse as J. A. W. Neander and W. M. L. de Wette.
In 1818, Merle d'Aubigné took the post of pastor of the French Protestant church at Hamburg, where he served for five years.
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.
During the Belgian revolution of 1830, Merle d'Aubigné thought it advisable to undertake pastoral work at home in Switzerland rather than accept an educational post in the family of the Dutch king. 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.
On his return to Switzerland, Merle d'Aubigné was invited to become professor of church history in such a seminary, and he also continued to labor in the cause of evangelical Protestantism. In him the Evangelical Alliance found a hearty promoter. He frequently visited England, was made a D. C. L. v Oxford University, and received civic honors from the city of Edinburgh. He died suddenly in 1872.
The first portion of Merle d'Aubigné's Histoire de la Reformation - History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century - which was devoted to the earlier period of the movement in Germany, i. e. , Martin Luther's time, at once earned a foremost place among modern French ecclesiastical historians, and was translated into most European languages. The second portion, The History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin, dealing with reform in the French reformer's sphere, exhaustively treats the subject with the same scholarship as the earlier work, but the second volume did not meet with the same success. It is part of the subject Merle d'Aubigné was most competent to discuss, and was nearly completed at the time of his death.
He died suddenly in 1872.
Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné was a Swiss Protestant minister, historian of the Reformation, and advocate of Evangelical (Free Church) Christianity.
Merle d’Aubigné’s major work, in two parts, consists of the popular Histoire de la Réformation du seizième siècle (1835–53; History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, 1838–41) and the more scholarly Histoire de la Réformation en Europe au temps de Calvin (1863–78; History of the Reformation in Europe at the Time of Calvin).
A street in the area he was born is named after him.
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(Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794-1872) is justly renowned...)
(Trois sie?cles de luttes en E?cosse; ou, Deux rois et deu...)
He considered partisan toward the Presbyterian church organization, he revitalized Protestant church historical scholarship and assembled more source documents than any other historian up to his time.
Quotes from others about the person
Such was the scope Merle d'Aubigné's scholarship and his level of dedication, states church historian John Carrick, that Merle d'Aubigné " visited the major libraries of Central and Western Europe in order to read original documents in Latin, French, German, Dutch, and English. "
