Philippe Mestrezat (October 14, 1618 in

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– February 1, 1690, in Geneva) was a

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Calvinist minister and professor at

Life

He studied theology at the Geneva Academy, and became a pastor in 1644.Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse
/ref> He was nephew of Jean Mestrezat, pastor at Charenton. He was chosen as successor at Geneva to

Alexander Morus Alexander Morus (or Moir or More) (25 September 1616, Castres – 28 September 1670, Paris) was a Franco-Scottish Protestant preacher. Biography More's father, born in Scotland, was a rector at a Huguenot college in the town of Castres in Langue ...

; but in doctrinal terms shared the sympathy of Morus for the doctrines of the Saumur Academy. His views were Amyraldist, and led him into conflict with the

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. In the debates leading up to the imposition of the

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he tried to moderate the formulation applied in Geneva; but the other cantons objected, and threatened to boycott the Academy.''Schaff-Herzog'' article on the Helvetic Consensus
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mestrezat, Philippe 1618 births 1690 deaths Theologians from the Republic of Geneva Calvinist and Reformed Christians