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Athanase Josué Coquerel (16 June 182024 July 1875) was a French
Athanase Josué Coquerel (16 June 182024 July 1875) was a French Protestant
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theologian.
Life
The son ofAthanase Laurent Charles Coquerel
Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel (7 August 17951868) was a French Protestant theologian, born in Paris, elected deputy of the Constituent Assembly after the revolution of February 1848.
Life
He received his early education from his aunt, Hel ...
, he was born in Amsterdam
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and studied theology
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at Geneva
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and at Strasbourg
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, and at an early age succeeded his uncle, C. A. Coquerel, as editor of ''Le Lien'', a post which he held till 1870. In 1852 he took part in establishing the ''Nouvelle Revue de théologie'', the first periodical of scientific theology published in France, and in the same year helped to found the Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français (Historical Society of French Protestantism).
Meanwhile, Coquerel had gained a reputation as a preacher, and especially as the advocate of religious freedom
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; but his teaching offended to the orthodox party, and on the appearance (1864) of his article on Renan's ''Vie de Jésus'' in the ''Nouvelle Revue de théologie'' he was forbidden by the Paris consistory
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to continue his ministerial functions. He received an address of sympathy from the consistory of Anduze
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, and a provision was voted for him by the Union Protestante Libérale
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, to enable him to continue his preaching. He received the cross of the Légion d'honneur
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in 1862. Coquerel died in Fismes
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(Marne
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).
Works
Coquerel's major works were ''Jean Calas et sa famille'' (1858); ''Des Beaux-Arts en Italie'' (Eng. trans. 1859 by Emily andEdward Higginson
Edward Higginson (9 January 1807 – 12 February 1880) was an English Unitarian minister and author.
Life
He was born at Heaton Norris, Lancashire, on 9 January 1807. His father, Edward Higginson the elder (b. 20 March 1781, d. 24 May 1832), wa ...
); ''La Saint-Barthélémy'' (1860); ''Précis de l'Eglise réformée'' (1862); ''Le Catholicisme et le protestantisme considérés dans leur origine et leur développement'' (1864); ''Libres études, and La Conscience et la foi'' (1867).
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coquerel, Athanase Josue 1820 births 1875 deaths French Protestant theologians 19th-century Protestant theologians 19th-century French Christian theologians