Paul Tossanus

Paul Tossanus (Toussain; 1572–1634) was a Huguenot minister, who spent most of his life in Germany.

He was born at Château de Montargis, owned by Renée of France, and was the son of Daniel Tossanus.

The family moved to Heidelberg the next year, at that time ruled by Frederick III, Elector Palatine, a Calvinist.

[1][2] In 1618 he was sent, with Abraham Scultetus and Heinrich Alting, to represent the Palatinate at the Synod of Dort.

[4] In a move towards eirenicism in the continuing controversies between Lutherans and Calvinists, he suggested dropping those labels, and debating only the distinctions between the public confessions, rather than attacks on individual theologians.