The Evangelical Churches
The existence of Evangelical Churches in France goes back to the beginning of the XIXth century. There are at present 1850 Churches with 350.000 members and there are about 200...
The Baptist Churches
The Baptist Churches have been established in France since the beginning of the XXth century in certain regions (mainly in the North), but with the help of the English and...
The Pentecostal Churches
The Pentecostal movement is the most successful Protestant denomination in the world today, with about 150 million members. Its presence in France goes back to the 1930s and its main...
The simultaneum
The simultaneum was a result of Alsatian history. It is a religious building used simultaneously for both Catholic and Protestant worship.
Catholic heritage churches became temples after 1802
After the organic articles of 1802, many previously Catholic Churches and Chapels were expropriated by the Revolutionary Government; they became the property of the nation. Many were then granted to...
Temples built after the Revolution
After the Concordat and the organic articles of 1802, there was a big revival in French Protestantism. Many new Churches were built throughout France.
Temples built before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Most of the temples built during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries, before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685), have almost disappeared. They were quite big, built according to...
Protestantism in England
Despite several changes of mind by the sovereign, political resolve saw the Reform Movement gradually became established in England. During the reign of Elizabeth I, the Church of England was...
Protestantism in England in the 16th century (separation from Rome)
Henri VIII’s divorce led to the start of a national Church supported by Parliament. After eleven years of religious turmoil following the king’s death, Anglicanism was established by Elizabeth I...
Protestantism in England in the 17th century
Conflict between the monarchy and Parliament led to civil war and the first revolution in England; this resulted in Oliver Cromwell and the puritans coming to power. Due to religious...
Protestantism in England in the 18th century
The Industrial revolution brought with it many significant changes in society. Against this back ground the Methodist Revival movement was born. Talented preachers would address large crowds in the open,...
Protestantism in England in the 19th century
Alongside the radical reform within the Church of England, two significant movements developed within it: the first was the Oxford movement, which advocated drawing closer to the Catholic Church, and...
Protestantism in England in the 20th century
Throughout the 20th century the Church of England became progressively more and more independent from the State ; it was run on increasingly democratic lines, with the laity taking greater responsibility...
Protestantism in Scotland
The Church of Scotland was founded by John Knox in 1560 ; it is Presbyterian and Calvinist. When the kings of Scotland were also ruling in England they tried to transform...
Johannes Sturm (1507-1589)
Jean Sturm was a great protestant humanist, but he will be especially remembered as having been an outstanding headmaster of the “Gymnase” or secondary school in Strasbourg. He was also...
Marie Dentière, or d’Ennetières (c. 1495-1561)
Marie Dentière was an Augustinian abbess who converted to the Reformation around 1524 – she was the first woman theologian of the Genevan reformation.
La littérature des protestants au XVIIe siècle
Au XVIIe siècle, à la suite de l’édit de Nantes (1598) qui accorde aux protestants le droit de cité en France, les œuvres littéraires émanant d’écrivains protestants sont surtout des...
La littérature des protestants au XVIIIe siècle
Le XVIIIe siècle est celui où le protestantisme n’a pu s’exprimer ouvertement en France, au cours de la période qui va de la révocation de l’édit de Nantes (1685) à...
Protestantism in Bohemia and Moravia (Czech Republic)
In the XIVth century, Jean Hus introduced the Reform Movement to Bohemia and Moravia (these two countries are now known as Czechoslovakia), where it caught on quickly with the local...