William Frédéric Monod better known as Wilfred Monod (1867,

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- 1943) was a Protestant Professor of theology associated to

and

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. He founded the

Order of Watchers The Order of Watchers ("Ordre des Veilleurs" in French) is a prayer community founded in 1923 within the French Protestantism by the Reformed pastor Wilfred Monod. Initially, it was named the "Third Order" of Watchers. Its name refers to a word of ...

and was active in ecumenical efforts in France. He once suggested a desire for the rehabilitation of

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and a removal of

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and

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from the conception of

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. These ideas were quite controversial. He was also the father of

Théodore Monod Théodore André Monod (9 April 1902 – 22 November 2000) was a French naturalist, humanist, scholar and explorer. Exploration Early in his career, Monod was made professor at the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' and founded the '' Inst ...

. He was a Christian pacifist.https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&u=http://regardsprotestants.com/le-pacifisme-protestant/%3F

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Monod, Wilfred 1867 births 1943 deaths Clergy from Paris Calvinist pacifists French Calvinist and Reformed theologians 20th-century French theologians 20th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians