Claude Pajon (1626-1685) and the Academy of Saumur : : the first controversy over grace / / by Albert Gootjes.

• Superior document: Brill's series in church history, Volume 64
• Author: Gootjes, Albert.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's series in church history ; d. 64.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This is the first published monograph on Claude Pajon (1626-1685), the theologian at the origin of the greatest doctrinal controversy within the French Protestant camp in the mid to late seventeenth century. Drawing on manuscript sources, this study examines Pajon’s thought and its origins, and traces the nature and course of the first phase of controversy (1665-1667). It demonstrates that the conflict opposed Pajon as a ‘radical’ Cameronian over against the ‘moderates,’ with each party claiming to represent the true theological heritage of John Cameron (ca. 1579-1625), as proposed by Paul Testard (ca. 1596-1650) and Moïse Amyraut (1596-1664), respectively. The result is a new look on the theology of the academy of Saumur, and on the history of this institution.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- I Introduction -- II The Saumur Triumvirate: Pajon as Student at the Academy -- III The Influence of Paul Testard: Education Extra Muros Academiae -- IV Origins and Arguments: Pastor at Marchenoir -- V The Renaissance of the Academy: The Battle for Cameron’s Legacy -- VI From Acquittal to Condemnation? Crisis at the Academy -- VII A Decade of Change: From Saumur to Orleans -- VIII Conclusions -- Appendix One—Pajon’s Works to 1668 -- Appendix Two—The Interlocutor of the “De la Providence et du Concours Immediat” -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects.