Edmond Dehault de Pressensé (7 January 1824 – 8 April 1891) was a French Protestant religious leader.
He was born at Paris, and studied at Lausanne under Alexandre Vinet. He went on to the University of Halle as a pupil of Friedrich August Tholuck and to Humboldt University in Berlin, where he studied under August Neander. In 1847 he became a pastor in the Evangelical Church at the chapel of Taitbout in Paris. [1] [2] [3]
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 Académie des sciences morales et politiques. [2] Pressensé laboured for the revival of biblical studies. He contended that the Evangelical Church ought to be independent of the power of the state. [3]
His son Francis de Pressensé was a French politician and man of letters. [4]
In 1854 he founded the Revue chrétienne, [2] and in 1866 the Bulletin idéologique. His works include:
Several of his works have been translated into English:
Edmond Dehault de Pressensé (7 January 1824 – 8 April 1891) was a French Protestant religious leader.
He was born at Paris, and studied at Lausanne under Alexandre Vinet. He went on to the University of Halle as a pupil of Friedrich August Tholuck and to Humboldt University in Berlin, where he studied under August Neander. In 1847 he became a pastor in the Evangelical Church at the chapel of Taitbout in Paris. [1] [2] [3]
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 Académie des sciences morales et politiques. [2] Pressensé laboured for the revival of biblical studies. He contended that the Evangelical Church ought to be independent of the power of the state. [3]
His son Francis de Pressensé was a French politician and man of letters. [4]
In 1854 he founded the Revue chrétienne, [2] and in 1866 the Bulletin idéologique. His works include:
Several of his works have been translated into English: