Louis Ruffet Explained

Louis Ruffet (13 April 1836, in Nyon  - 1923) was a Swiss Protestant theologian and church historian.

In 1859 he received his bachelor's degree in theology at the École de theologie in Geneva and became ordained as a minister at the Église de l'Oratoire. He served as a minister in the French communities of Royan, Le Creusot and Aix-les-Bains, and in 1861 returned to Geneva as a minister at the Église de l'Oratoire, where he preached until 1869. In 1870–72 he worked as a director of a seminary in Lausanne, and afterwards, taught classes in church history at the École de théologie in Geneva. In 1874 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology from Princeton University.^{[1] [2]}

Selected works

• Thascius Cyprien, évêque de Carthage et les persécutions de son temps, 1872  - Cyprian, bishop of Carthage and the persecutions of his time.
• (François) Lambert d'Avignon, le réformateur de la Hesse  - Francis Lambert of Avignon, the reformer of Hesse.
• Pietro Carnesecchi, un martyr de la Réforme en Italie, 1874  - Pietro Carnesecchi, a martyr of the Reformation in Italy.
• Vie de César Pronier et fragments de ses écrits, 1875  - Life of Caesar Pronier and fragments of his writings.
• J.-L. Micheli : Notice biographique, 1875  - Biographical notice of Jean-Louis Micheli.
• Un grand libéral chrétien : le comte Agénor de Gasparin, 1884  - A great liberal Christian, Agénor de Gasparin.
• Georges Fox et les origines du Quakerisme 1624-1660, 1886  - George Fox and the origins of Quakerism, 1624–60.
• Le devoir des chrétiens évangéliques dans la question de l'esclavage en Afrique, 1891  - The duty of evangelical Christians regarding the issue of slavery in Africa.
• Luther et la diète de Worms, 1903  - Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms.
• Calvin et Servet : leçon publique, 1910  - John Calvin and Michael Servetus, public lessons.
• Jean Hus, le réformateur de la Bohême  - John Hus, the reformer of Bohemia.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=QvUaAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ruffet%2C+Louis%22+1836+Nyon&pg=PA223 Catalogue de la bibliothèque appartenant à la Compagnie des pasteurs
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=dRmgAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ruffet%2C+Louis%22+1836+Nyon&pg=PA183 Encyclopédie des sciences religieuses, Volume 13
3. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no00-16433/ Most widely held works by Louis Ruffet