id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2382 Jacob Vernes - Wikipedia .html text/html 1644 263 76 Jacob Vernes[fn 1] (31 May 1728 – 22 October 1791) was a Genevan theologian and Protestant pastor in Geneva, famous for his correspondence with Voltaire and Rousseau. At first, Vernes was a friend of Rousseau, with whom he corresponded.[12] When he talked with Rousseau during his visit to Geneva in 1754 he was impressed by the sincerity with which the philosopher discussed divine providence.[13] In 1757, Jean le Rond d'Alembert published an article on Geneva in the seventh volume of the Encyclopedia that suggested that the Geneva clergymen had moved from Calvinism to pure Socinianism, basing this on information provided by Voltaire. When Voltaire published one such attack called "Sentiment of the Citizens", Rousseau at first thought it had been written by Vernes, who had expressed similar views. Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2382.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2382.txt