Life

He studied theology at the Geneva Academy, and became a pastor in 1644. He was nephew of Jean Mestrezat, pastor at Charenton

Charenton

-France:* Charenton-le-Pont, in the Val-de-Marne département, a commune which has a common border with Paris* Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, a neighboring commune that was called Charenton-Saint-Maurice until 1842** Charenton...

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He was chosen as successor at Geneva to Alexander Morus

Alexander Morus

Alexander Morus was a Franco-Scottish Calvinist preacher.-Biography:...

; 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 Company of Pastors. In the debates leading up to the imposition of the Helvetic Consensus

Helvetic Consensus

The Helvetic Consensus is a Swiss Reformed symbol drawn up in 1675 to guard against doctrines taught at the French Academy of Saumur, especially Amyraldism.-Origin:...

he tried to moderate the formulation applied in Geneva; but the other cantons objected, and threatened to boycott the Academy.