Christian History articles from August 2001

Christian History archives from August 2001

Did You Know?(various articles on French and Hugenot history)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... HU-GUE-WHAT? No one knows for sure how French Protestants got the nickname "Huguenots" (pronounced HYU-ghe-nahts in America, HYU-ghe-nos in Britain). One theory proposes that the word was derived from German Eldgenosen, "oath fellows,"...

Fracas Francais.(French history)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... Because of our journalistic focus, CHRISTIAN HISTORY always zooms in on part of a topic, exploring some stories while leaving others untouched. But rather than use this space give a nod to all we didn't mention, I'm going to zoom in even...

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
August 1, 2001... Suspicious and scared, the king of France ordered a political assassination. Then the real killing began. Before dawn on the morning of August 24, 1572, church bells tolled in the Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois quarter of Paris. Just moments...

Order in the Church.
August 1, 2001... Reforming doctrine was just the beginning of a vigorous campaign to restructure Christian life--at church, at home, and in each believer's heart. On Friday morning, March 31, 1542, the wife of sheath-maker Louis, Pyaget appeared before the...

GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SIN.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... No misdeed went unpunished in Calvin's Geneva. Madame Pyaget wasn't the only resident of Geneva called to testify before the consistory on March 31, 1542. The city fathers, led by Lord Egrege Porralis and including John Calvin and Pierre...

Reformation on the Run.
August 1, 2001... Lacking political protection or religious freedom, French Reformed thinkers forged a unique expression of faith. Because Roman Catholicism dominated the French religious landscape in the sixteenth century, it is easy to forget that some of...

PLEADING THE CAUSE OF CHRIST.(Brief Article)(Transcript)
August 1, 2001... In the "Prefatory Address" to his Institutes, John Calvin defends both his doctrine and its battered believers. To his most Christian Majesty, the most mighty and illustrious Monarch, Francis, King of the French, his Sovereign; John...

THE FRENCH WARS OF REGION.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2001... The Christian History Timeline PROTESTANT FORTUNES 1555 Peace of Augsburg in Germany allows rulers to choose religion for their region 1555 First Protestant Church in Paris organized in a home 1556 Philip II named king of...

Slaughter, Mayhem, & Providence.(Jean d'Aubigne )(Critical Essay)
August 1, 2001... How one of France's greatest poets made sense oft he Huguenot tragedies. Traveling through Amboise on their way to Paris in 1560, Jean d'Aubigne and his 8-year-old son, Agrippa, came upon a horrible spectacle: the hanging bodies of...

The Inner Circle.
August 1, 2001... Huguenot intrigues swirled around a handful of key figures. CATHERINE DE MEDICIS 1519-1589 "Madame la Serpente" In 1575 a heavily slanted piece of propaganda called the "Marvellous discourse on the life, actions and misconduct...

Forgotten Reformer.(Pierre Viret )
August 1, 2001... As obscure now as his tiny native village, Pierre Viret once captured the hearts of the Huguenots. No tourist in Geneva can miss the impressive Reformation Monument with its four towering figures: John Calvin, Guillaume Farel, Theodore...

Escape from Babylon.(religious persecution in French history)
August 1, 2001... As repression became a way of life in France, Huguenots faced three choices: convert, go underground, or risk everything to reach le Refuge. In 1684, having "suffered through eight months [of] exactions and quartering by the soldiery, for...

A New War of Religion?
August 1, 2001... Pluralism and evangelicalism collide in contemporary France. A CONVERSATION WITH SEBASTIEN FATH In early summer the French Parliament passed anti-sect legislation that some evangelicals and members of other religious minorities fear...

The Huguenots.(Bibliography)
August 1, 2001... In the July 27, 1998, edition of Sports Illustrated, columnist Frank Deford lamented, "I am from a forgotten tribe. Not lost, you understand. That's romantic: lost. My tribe is simply forgotten. I am a Huguenot. A French Huguenot. Who remembers...