Adolphe Monod
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Adolphe-Louis-Frédéric-Théodore Monod (January 21, 1802 - 1856), was a French Protestant churchman.
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He was born in Copenhagen, where his father was pastor of the French church. Educated at Paris and Geneva, he began his life-work in 1825 as founder and pastor of a Protestant church in Naples, moving in 1827 to Lyons. Here his evangelical preaching, and especially a sermon on the duties of communicants ("Qui doit communier"?), led to his deposition by the Catholic Minister of education and religion. Instead of leaving Lyons he began to preach in a hall and then in a chapel.
In 1836 he took a professorship in the theological college of Montauban, removing in 1847 to Paris as preacher at the Oratoire. He died there. Monod was undoubtedly the foremost Protestant preacher of 19th century France. He published three volumes of sermons in 1830, another, La Crédulité de l'incrédule in 1844, and two more in 1855. Two further volumes appeared after his death. His elder brother was Frédéric Monod.
Reference
- This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.de:Adolphe Monod