Antoine Court

Plaque commémorative du premier synode du Désert, aux Montèzes
07170 Villeneuve-de-Berg, France - panoramio (15)

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 27 March 1696, although at least one source lists a different date.[1] His parents were peasants, adherents of the Reformed church, which was at the time a target of state persecution following the 1685 Edict of Fontainebleau.

Antoine (sometimes translated as Anthony) was ordained by Pierre Corties at a Synod in 1718.[2] He founded a school for clergy and encouraged Paul Rabaut to join the ministry of the church.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Tylor, Charles (1893). The Camisards : a sequel to The Huguenots in the seventeenth century. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. p. 223. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ^ Weiss, Charles; Herbert, Henry William (1854). History of the French Protestant refugees, from the revocation of the edict of Nantes to our own days. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood. pp. 530–543. Retrieved 16 September 2018.