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pastor and theologian .

Life

Gallars was of noble birth, and "possessed legal training, rich exposure to the humanities, and polished Latin." He first appears as author of a ''Defensio'' of William Farel, published at Geneva in 1545, followed (1545–1549) by translations into French language, French of three tracts by John Calvin. Scott Manetsch notes that Gallars' appointment "signaled an important new stage in Calvin's recruitment efforts." In 1551 Gallars was admitted

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of Geneva, and in 1553 made pastor of the church in Jussy. In 1557 Gallars was sent to minister to the

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; his conductor, Nicolas du Rousseau, having prohibited books in his possession, was executed at

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; des Gallars, having nothing suspicious about him, continued his journey. On the revival of the Strangers' church in London (1560), he, being then minister at Geneva, came to London to organize the French branch; and in 1561 he published ''La Forme de police ecclesiastique instituée a Londres en l'Eglise des Français''. In the same year he assisted

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at the

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. He became minister to the Protestants at

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, queen of Navarre.

Works

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held him in high esteem, employing him as

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, and as editor as well as translator of several of his

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and polemical works. He himself wrote a commentary on

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(1560); edited an annotated French Bible (1562) and

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(1562); and published tracts against

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(1565–1566). His main work was his edition of

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(1570) with prefatory letter to Grindal, then bishop of London, and giving, for the first time, some fragments of the Greek text.

References

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, ''Dictionnaire Hist. et crit.'' *

Jean Senebier Jean Senebier (6 or 25 May 1742 – 22 July 1809) was a Genevan Calvinist pastor and naturalist. He was chief librarian of the Republic of Geneva. A pioneer in the field of photosynthesis research, he provided extensive evidence that plants co ...

, ''Hist. littéraire de Genève'' (1786) *''Nouvelle Biog. gen.'' (1857). *
Des Gallars, Nicolas
in the

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallars, Nicolas 1520s births 1581 deaths Theologians from the Republic of Geneva Clergy from the Republic of Geneva 16th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians