Ce classique sur l'art de persuader, persuadera-t-il encore le lecteur contemporain ? Oui, et c'est bien l� la meilleure preuve que son auteur connaissait r�ellement les principes de l'homil�tique. Car si toute langue se transforme immanquablement avec le temps, aussi bien que la culture litt�raire des auditeurs, les passions de l'�me demeurent identiques dans l'homme: pr�cher, c'est donc savoir s'adresser au coeur et � la conscience de ceux qui �coutent, afin qu'ils re�oivent la Parole de Dieu. Les r�gles de la pr�dication que d�veloppe ici Vinet gardent une enti�re pertinence.
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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