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FREDERIC LOUIS GODET (1812-1900)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 172 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FREDERIC See also:LOUIS See also:GODET (1812-1900)  , Swiss See also:Protestant theologian, was See also:born at See also:Neuchatel on the 25th of See also:October 1812 . After studying See also:theology at Neuchatel, See also:Bonn and See also:Berlin, he was in 185o appointed See also:professor of theology at Neuchatel . From 1851 to 1866 he also held a pastorate . In 1873 he became one of the founders of the See also:free Evangelical See also:Church of Neuchatel, and professor in its theological See also:faculty . He died there on the 29th of October 1900 . A conservative See also:scholar, See also:Godet was the author of some of the most noteworthy See also:French commentaries published in See also:recent times . His commentaries are on the See also:Gospel of St See also:John (2 vols., 1863–1865; 3rd ed., 1881–1888; Eng. trans . 1886,&c.); St See also:Luke (2 vols., 1871; 3rd ed., 1888; Eng. trans . 1875, &c.); the See also:Epistle to the See also:Romans (2 vols., 1879-,188o; 2nd ed., 1883–189o; Eng. trans., 188o, &c.); See also:Corinthians (2 vols., 1886–1887; Eng. trans . 1886, &c.) . His other See also:works include Etudes bibliques (2 vols., 1873–1874; 4th ed., 1889; Eng. trans . 1875 f.), and Introduction au Nouveau Testament (1893 f Eng. trans., 1894, &c.); Lectures in See also:Defence of the See also:Christian Faith (Eng. trans .

4th ed., 1900) .

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