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Antoine Court (27 March 1696 – 13 June 1760) was a French reformer called the "Restorer of Protestantism in France." He was born in Villeneuve-de-Berg, in Languedoc, on March 27, 1696. His parents were peasants, adherents of the Reformed church, which was then undergoing persecution. When 17 years old, Court began to speak at the secret meetings of the Protestants, held literally "in dens and caves of the earth," and often in darkness, with no pastor present to teach or counsel. In 1685, Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes, referred to as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes or the Edict of Fontainebleau. This caused mass exodus of Protestants. There were those who stayed and continued to secretly practice Protestantism, called "The Church of the Desert", or "Christians of the Desert". His followers were always hounded, persecuted, and put to death.〔Lecture notes, Christian Heritage III, Professor Karen Bullock, BH Carroll Theological Institute〕 ==Proposals== He entertained a great desire to build up the church which was persecuted; and to this end he proposed four things: # regular religious meetings for teaching and worship; # suppression of the fanaticism of those who professed to be inspired, and of the consequent disorders; # restoration of discipline by the establishment of consistories, conferences, and synods; # the careful training of a body of pastors. To the performance of this great task he devoted his life. From audiences of half a dozen meeting in secret, he came to address openly 10,000 at one time. In 1715 he convoked the first Synod of the Desert, or synod of the French Reformed Church. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antoine Court」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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