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See also:DRELINCOIIRT, See also:CHARLES (1595-1669) , See also:French See also:Protestant divine, was See also:born at See also:Sedan on the loth of See also:July 1595. In 1618 he undertook the See also:charge of the French Protestant See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church at See also:Langres, but failed to receive the necessary royal See also:sanction, and See also:early in 162o he removed to See also:Paris, where he was nominatedminister of the Reformed Church at Charenton. He was the author of a large number of See also:works in devotional and polemical See also:theology, several of which had See also:great See also:influence. His See also:Catechism (Catechisme ou instruction familiere, 1652) and his See also:Christian's Defense against the Fears of See also:Death (Consolations de See also:lime fidele contre See also:les frayeurs de la mart, 1651) became well known in See also:England by means of See also:translations, which were very frequently reprinted. It has been said that See also:Daniel See also:Defoe wrote his fiction of Mrs Veal (A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs Veal), who came from the other See also:world to recommend the perusal of Drelincourt on Death, for the See also:express purpose of promoting the See also:sale of an See also:English See also:translation of the Consolations; Defoe's contribution is added to the See also:fourth edition of the translation (1706). ,Another popular See also:work of his was Les Visites charitables pour toutes sortes de personnes a fligees (1669) . Drelincourt's controversial works were numerous. Directed entirely against See also:Roman Catholicism, they did much to strengthen and consolidate the Protestant party in See also:France. He died on the 3rd of See also:November 1669.
Several of his sons were distinguished as theologians or physicians. See also:Laurent (1626–1681) became a pastor, and was the author of Sonnets chretiens sur See also:divers sujets (1677);' Charles (1633–1697) was See also:professor of physic at the university of See also:Leiden, and physician to the See also:prince of See also:Orange; See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter (1644–1722) was ordained a See also:priest in the Church of England, and became See also:dean of See also:Armagh.
End of Article: DRELINCOIIRT, CHARLES (1595-1669)
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