"completely transcribed by him in his note-book. They appeared to us, at once too extended to be inserted in the course, and yet so important that we could not content ourselves with simply referring to them. Bengel's Thoughts, which precede the Appendix, have been translated from the German, by M. Vinet, and published separately in a small 16mo pamphlet.
Allusions will occasionally be found to the institutions of the National Church of the Canton de Vaud. We may remind the reader that the greater number of M. Vinet's hearers were preparing for the ministry in(...)".
Alexandre Vinet was born near Lausanne in Switzerland. Educated for the Protestant ministry, he was ordained in 1819, when already teacher of the French language and literature in the gymnasium at Basel; and throughout his life he was as much a critic as a theologian. His literary criticism brought him into contact with Augustin Sainte-Beuve, for whom he obtained an invitation to lecture at Lausanne, which led to his famous work on Port-Royal.
As a theologian Vinet gave a fresh impulse to Protestant theology, especially in French-speaking lands, but also in England and elsewhere. His philosophy relied strongly on conscience, defined as that by which man stands in direct personal relation with God as moral sovereign, and the seat of a moral individuality which nothing can rightly infringe.
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