Pierre de la Conseillère

Pierre de la Conseillère , recte: de Méhéranc, Escuyer , Sieur de la Conseillère, in short Conseillier , he called himself La Conseillere , (* 1645 in Basse ; † on October 12 or 13, 1699 in Altona , buried on 19. October 1699 ibid) was a French theologian .

Live and act

Pierre de la Conseillère was a son of Pierre de Méhérenc from Lacamb near Bayeux and his wife Anne, née Le Sens. As a relatively wealthy nobleman by birth, he preached as pastor in Alençon in 1669/81 . On September 12, 1674 he married Maria Duhamel du Parc here. The couple had four children in France.

The French king dismissed Conseillère as part of the Huguenot persecution. De la Conseillère then went to Copenhagen , where he led the French Reformed Church. King Christian V emphatically asked that the theologian should take over the "Hamburg Reformed Congregation in Altona". After a unanimous vote on January 29, 1682, the couple moved there with their children on July 9 of the same year. Two more of a total of seven children were born here. The youngest child, Pierre Emerence (* 1688) worked as a general practitioner in Hamburg after studying at the University of Utrecht .

In the 80 years of its existence, the Altona congregation held separate services according to language in a common church building. The Walloon members of the Altona congregation welcomed de la Conseillère as French-speaking theologians, but had assumed that the pastor was single. Therefore, when he took office, they were disappointed that he had a wife and children.

With his approach, de la Conseillère caused unrest in the community. Some polemic pamphlets appeared that were distributed by hand or in print. From the congregation a new, independent community formed by de la Conseillère French Reformed. Some Huguenots who disapproved of the theologian's behavior remained in the original community, while Walloons joined the new organization on the other hand. In the context of this "dispute with the Frantzen", members of both sides sought help from the "protecting powers", consisting of the community in Copenhagen and the Brandenburg court . However, they could not prevent the final division in this way. It was formally sealed by a decree from Christian V of March 27, 1686. In it he gave instructions that the French should form their own congregation with an associated consistory.

Around 1690 de la Conseillère was involved in a theological dispute with Pierre Jurieu , who had suspected him of being close to socinianism . In March 1690 there was a hearing before a synod in Amsterdam . The theologian also found himself exposed to increasing resistance in his community. Therefore, after a short period of time, he withdrew into private life as the leader of the church. The German community confirmed on May 15, 1693 that it would pay him an annual pension of 400 marks in Luebisch . The communities divided by his work were reconciled after the departure of the theologian.

Works

• Traité Historique & Theologique Touchant L'Etat des ames aprés la mort, ou par le témoignage de quelques Anciens Docteurs, & sur tout de S. Augustin, l'on fait voir L'origine & l'abus du Purgatoire de l'Eglise Romaine . Hamburg: Rebenlin, [approx. 1689]
• Course of affairs From Monsieur de la Conseillere. [Sl], 1690
• Factum of the Lord de la Conseillere. The Satisfaction desires against Monsieur Jurieu, who is to answer. [Sl], 1690

literature

• Karl-Egbert Schultze: de la Conseillère, Pierre . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 2. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1971, pp. 109–110

Web links

• Publications by and about Pierre de la Conseillère in VD 17 .