History and architecture of Protestant temples
The Protestants very readily adopted the term temple, still specific to French Calvinism, contrary to the Lutherans, with the exception of the Montbéliard region, the Anglicans, Presbyterians and Episcopelians who...
The Montauban temples (Tarn-et-Garonne)
The ideas of the Reformation were present as early as 1537 and spread to the majority of the population, with the result that the Reformed ruled the city in 1561....
Eradicated temples built before the Revolution
Most of these temples were eradicated at the instigation of King Louis XIV in the 17th century. After 1661, when Louis XIV’s personal reign began, the Edict of Nantes was...
Henri Lindegaard (1925-1996)
He was a pastor and a painter, and was one of the Protestant artists who took part in passing on the faith.
Johann Heinrich Füssli (1741–1825)
Füssli was a painter of the uncanny. He was of Swiss origin but an adoptive Londoner. He was inspired by various literary sources which he reinterpreted with his imagination. Füssli...
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923)
Steinlen was an emblematic artist of the late 19th century in Montmartre. He also drew, painted, illustrated, designed posters, and sculpted and had anarchist leanings. He preferred drawing and pastel...
André Chamson (1900-1983)
André Chamson was a writer inspired by his native Cévennes region and by his ancestors’ Huguenot history, but also a steadfast resistant who kept his humanistic convictions unshakable throughout his...
Surviving Temples built before the Revolution
Some regions escaped destruction due to the late incorporation into France as was the case for Alsace because the Westphalia treaties specifically mentioned that the Edict of Fontainebleau should not...
Temples built after the Revolution
After the Edict of Tolerance in 1787, the Protestants resumed building temples while Napoleon Bonaparte’s Organic Articles of 1802 organised the lives of the Churches and their worship.
Churches assigned to the Protestants after the Revolution
The Revolution declared national assets many no longer used monastery buildings. Napoleon Bonaparte assigned 130 of them to Protestant worship.
Bell towers
Whereas Catholic Churches almost always have a bell tower, to be seen from a distance, such is not always the case for Protestant Temples. If temples do have a bell...
Wars of Religion in 6 minutes
Protestantism developed in France from 1517 onwards. The number of Protestants rapidly increased; many nobles converted and formed a powerful party. And the majority Catholicism felt challenged.
Luther vu dans l’histoire
La figure de Luther fait l’objet, depuis la Réforme, de commentaires et d’analyses historiques.
Oscar Cullmann (1902-1999)
Oscar Cullmann was one of the great Protestant theologians of the 20th century. He was a specialist of the New Testament and took an active part in ecumenical dialogue with...
Mort de Jan Hus
Jan Hus (1369-1415), Czech priest convicted of heresy, died at the stake. He preached the reform of the Church and the return to evangelical poverty. This pre-reformer strongly influenced Martin...
Jerome of Prague (about 1379-1416)
He defended the ideas of John Wycliff, was a philosopher and pre-Reformer, a follower and friend of Jan Hus (1369-1415). Like him he was condemned by the council of Constance...
Reforms : theological debates
The desire to reform the Church was very widespread in Europe in the 16th century, but there was no agreement on what changes to promote: how to reform, how far?...