Le Clerc,J. Investigation of unbelief, according to its general sources and caus…

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Le Clerc,J.

Investigation of unbelief, according to its general sources and causes. Together with two letters on the truth of the Christian religion. Halle, Bauer, 1747. 54 pp., 420 p. - Central hardcover with ribbed boards. (Slightly rubbed). Fromm 14640. Also published by Hemmerde, also in Halle, in the same year. - Jean Leclerc (also Johannes Clericus, 1657-1736) was a Swiss theologian and philologist. He advocated a critical interpretation of the Bible, broke with Calvinism as a result and was forced to leave Geneva. In 1682 he went to London, but moved on to Amsterdam the very next year and taught there at the College of Remonstrants. - Some worming in the west margin, slightly browned. - Provenance: Nobleman's library.

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