Les protestants de touraine au dix-neuvieme siecle
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Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg) (1971-2008)Disciplines:
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Abstract EN:
The protestant faith, extinguished by the edict of nantes in 1685, was to come to life again in touraine a hundred and fifty years later, in a casual way. The anglican chaplain of the british colony of tours organized french religious services for the protestants of the town. The government was approached and, in 1838, a post of minister was created for tours and the surrounding district. The british anglican parish always had a friendly attitude towards their french presbyterian brethren. On the contrary, the roman catholic clergy, as early as 1837, launched a long letter against protestantism which gave rise to a controversy during four years. Some years later, collective adherence to protestantism in a few villages near tours encountered the opposition of the archbishop, often supported by the local authorities. Nevertheless, the protestant parish of tours held steady and grew firm. The author has endeavoured to know this new parish : its organization founded on the " organic articles" and the discipline of the ancient reformed churches of france, the parts of the minister and laymen, the sunday service and its liturgy, the relations with the consistory of orleans, the interest in a national reconstruction of french protestantism until the separation of state and churches.
Abstract FR:
Le protestantisme, eteint avec la revocation de l'edit de nantes de 1685, ne devait reprendre vie en touraine que cent cinquante annees plus tard, et de facon fortuite. Le chapelain anglican de la colonie britannique de tours organisa des services religieux en francais a l'intention des protestants de la ville. Les demarches aupres du gouvernement aboutirent, en 1838, a la creation d'un poste de pasteur pour tours et le departement d'indre-et-loire. Si la communaute anglicane eut toujours une attitude fraternelle envers les reformes, il n'en fut pas de meme du clerge catholique romain. L'archeveque de tours lanca en 1837, des les premieres predications en francais, un mandement contre le protestantisme, qui provoqua une controverse pendant quatre annees. Un peu plus tard, des adhesions collectives au protestantisme dans quelques villages des environs de tours rencontrerent l'opposition du clerge catholique romain, souvent appuye par l'administration locale. Neanmoins, la paroisse protestante de tours, se maintint et s'affermit. L'auteur s'est efforce de connaitre cette nouvelle paroisse protestante : son organisation, fondee sur les articles organiques et la discipline des anciennes eglises reformees de france, le role du pasteur et des laics, le culte dominical et sa liturgie, les relations avec le consistoire d'orleans, l'interet pour la reconstitution nationale du protestantisme francais jusqu'a la separation des eglises et de l'etat.