Edmond Dehault de Pressensé (7 January 18248 April 1891) was a French

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religious leader.

Biography

He was born in Paris, and studied in

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under

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. He went on to the

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as a pupil of Friedrich August Tholuck and to

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in Berlin, where he studied under

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. In 1847 he became a pastor in the Evangelical Church at the chapel of Taitbout in Paris.Edmond de Hault de Pressensé (1824-1891)
Virtual Museum of Protestantism He was a powerful preacher and political orator; from 1871 he was a member of the National Assembly, and from 1883 a life senator. In 1890 he was elected a member of the

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. Pressensé laboured for the revival of biblical studies. He contended that the Evangelical Church ought to be independent of the power of the state. His son

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was a French politician and man of letters.

Published works

In 1854 he founded the ''Revue chrétienne'', and in 1866 the ''Bulletin idéologique''. His works include: * ''L'Immaculée conception: histoire d'un dogme Catholique-Roman'' (1855) * ''Histoire des trois premiers siècles de l'Église chrétienne'' (6 volumes. 1856–1877; new edition 1887–1889) * ''L'Église et la Révolution française'' (1864) * ''Jésus-Christ, son temps, sa vie, son œuvre'' (against

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, 1866) * ''Les Origines, le problème de la connaissance; le problème cosmologique'' (1883) Several of his works have been translated into English: * ''The Immaculate Conception'' (1857) translated by

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* ''Jesus Christ: his times, life, and work'' (1866) translated by Annie Harwood Holmden * ''The early years of Christianity: a comprehensive history of the first three centuries of the Christian church'' (4 volumes, 1879) translated by Annie Harwood Holmden * ''A Study of origins: or, the problems of knowledge, of being, and of duty'' (1883) translated by Annie Harwood Holmden * ''The ancient world and Christianity'' (1888) translated by Annie Harwood HolmdenMost widely held works by Edmond de Pressensé
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(published works) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pressense, Edmond de 1824 births 1891 deaths Writers from Paris French Calvinist and Reformed ministers French republicans Members of the National Assembly (1871) Members of Parliament for Seine French life senators French Calvinist and Reformed theologians 19th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 19th-century French Christian theologians Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques