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# Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne

(1794–1872)   Theologian

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Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne was a theologian.

## Quick Facts About Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne

Born August 16, 1794

Died October 21, 1872

Profession Theologian

## About Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne

Genevan pastor and church historian (1794–1872)... \| Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné was a Swiss Protestant minister and historian of the Reformation.

##  Quotes by Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne

> [Ideas make their way in silence like the waters that, altering behind the rocks of the Alps, loosen then from the mountains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-henri-merle-d-aubigne/ideas-make-their-way-in-silence-like-the-waters-that-altering-behind/)

[Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-henri-merle-d-aubigne/)

[Alps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alps/)

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> [A great man may be the personification and type of the epoch for which God destines him, but he is never its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-henri-merle-d-aubigne/a-great-man-may-be-the-personification-and-type-of-the-epoch-for/)

[Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-henri-merle-d-aubigne/)

[Creator](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creator/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/jean-henri-merle-d-aubigne-868_creator_a-great-man-may-be-the-personification-a_2213420.jpg)

> [The introduction of the Christian religion into the world has produced an incalculable change in history. There had previously been only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-henri-merle-d-aubigne/the-introduction-of-the-christian-religion-into-the-world-has/)

[Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-henri-merle-d-aubigne/)

[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/jean-henri-merle-d-aubigne-868_change_the-introduction-of-the-christian-religi_2466090.jpg)

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