FREDERIC See also:
- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Protestant theologian, was
born at
Neuchatel on the 25th of
October 1812
.
After studying
theology at Neuchatel,
Bonn and
Berlin, he was in 185o appointed
professor of theology at Neuchatel
.
From 1851 to 1866 he also held a pastorate
.
In 1873 he became one of the founders of the
free Evangelical
See also:
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of Neuchatel, and professor in its theological
faculty
.
He died there on the 29th of October 1900
.
A conservative
scholar,
Godet was the author of some of the most noteworthy
French commentaries published in
recent times
.
His commentaries are on the
Gospel of St
John (2 vols., 1863–1865; 3rd ed., 1881–1888; Eng. trans
.
1886,&c.); St
Luke (2 vols., 1871; 3rd ed., 1888; Eng. trans
.
1875, &c.); the
Epistle to the
Romans (2 vols., 1879-,188o; 2nd ed., 1883–189o; Eng. trans., 188o, &c.);
Corinthians (2 vols., 1886–1887; Eng. trans
.
1886, &c.)
.
His other
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
Defence of the
Christian Faith (Eng. trans
.
4th ed., 1900)
.
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