C'est en Christ que sont cachés les trésors de la sagesse divine ; l'épître aux Colossiens nous en dévoile une partie. Avec sa profondeur habituelle Alexandre Vinet nous conduit à travers cette lettre, non par une exégèse verset par verset, mais par une série de messages centrés sur la primauté de Jésus-Christ dans tous les domaines de la vie du chrétien.
Alexandre Vinet was born near Lausanne in Switzerland. Educated for the Protestant ministry, he was ordained in 1819, when already teacher of the French language and literature in the gymnasium at Basel; and throughout his life he was as much a critic as a theologian. His literary criticism brought him into contact with Augustin Sainte-Beuve, for whom he obtained an invitation to lecture at Lausanne, which led to his famous work on Port-Royal.
As a theologian Vinet gave a fresh impulse to Protestant theology, especially in French-speaking lands, but also in England and elsewhere. His philosophy relied strongly on conscience, defined as that by which man stands in direct personal relation with God as moral sovereign, and the seat of a moral individuality which nothing can rightly infringe.
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