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Louis Segond, né le 3 octobre 1810 à Plainpalais (au centre de Genève) et mort le 18 juin 1885 à Genève, est un théologien suisse qui, à la demande de la Compagnie des Pasteurs de Genève, a traduit la Bible en français à partir des textes originaux hébreux et grecs.
Louis Segond était un théologien protestant libéral modéré (opposé à d'autres théologiens dits "orthodoxes" qui ne voulaient pas remettre en cause les héritages ancestraux du protestantisme). La traduction de Segond fut mal accueillie à son époque. Segond fut notamment accusé de porter atteinte à la doctrine de l'inspiration des Écritures et de rejeter certaines prophéties messianiques de l'Ancien Testament. De son viv...
Published in 1855, The Warden is the first installment in Trollope’s highly acclaimed series Chronicles of Barsetshire, and offers an enlightening insight into the life of the Victorian clergy, its gentry, politics, and social settings. The novel focuses on Mr. Harding, an elderly clergyman who finds himself in the center of a vehement dispute over his questionable position as warden of Hiram’s Hospital. Exploring various themes including human nature, morals, reform, and manners, The Warden is a perfect representation of the structure of Victorian society.
Set in the fictional town of Barsetshire, the novel begins with the introduction of Reverend Septim...
Second in the series of novels set in the fictional cathedral town of Barchester, the reader is treated to a hilarious, if unseemly, competition for domination of the diocese! The contenders in Barchester Towers are Mrs. Proudie the wife of the mild, sadly henpecked bishop and Mr. Slope his slimy and devious chaplain.
When the beloved former bishop suddenly dies, a complete outsider is brought in to take his place. Instead of the bishop's son, Archdeacon Grantly, whom the entire parish was expecting, a more low-church minister, Bishop Proudie is given the post. The battle lines are immediately drawn between the High Church in the form of the Grantlys and the Low Churc...