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- He wrote, mostly in the form of dialogues, expositions of the Apostles’ Creed, the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, a summary of Christian doctrine, polemical books against the Council of Trent, against the mass and other doctrines of Romanism, and tracts on Providence, the Sacraments, and practical religion.
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Pierre Viret (1509/1510 – 4 April 1571) [1] was a Swiss Reformed theologian, evangelist and Protestant reformer.
Pierre Viret was a champion of the Reformation in the Swiss canton of the Vaud and the most important native religious Reformer of French-speaking Switzerland. In 1531 Viret came under the influence of the fugitive French religious Reformer Guillaume Farel and began preaching in the Vaud soon.
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Feb 28, 2011 · He wrote a small number of treatises in Latin, but the immense majority of his books were written in French, in a familiar style and in the popular form of dialogues. Pierre Viret was undoubtedly (with Martin Luther) one of the finest popularizers of the Christian faith in the sixteenth century.
Feb 28, 2011 · Rebekah Sheats is the author of several historical works, including a biography of Pierre Viret, the Swiss Reformer, entitled Pierre Viret: The Angel of the Reformation. She is also engaged in translating Viret’s writings.
Feb 28, 2011 · Pierre Viret (1511-1571), Calvin's closest associate, was a prolific writer. Many of his fifty-some books offer a well-developed theology in the issues of church and state, jurisdiction, the Christian duty of the magistrate, and the problem of war.
His many books are brilliant, but unoriginal. Best known is his Instruction chrestienne en la doctrine de la loi et l'Evangile (3 v. Geneva 1564). Bibliography: j. barnaud, Pierre Viret: Sa vie et son oeuvre, 1511–1571 (Saint Amans, France 1911). h. vuilleumier, Histoire de l'Église Réformée du Pays de Vaud 4 v. (Lausanne 1927 – 33) v.1 – 2.
Pierre Viret wrote numerous works on theology and politics as well as satirical writings. Theology : Instruction Chrétienne en la doctrine de la foy et de l’Évangile (Christian teaching on the doctrine of faith and the Gospel, Genève, 1564, 2vol.).
