Louis Auguste Sabatier (; 22 October 1839 – 12 April 1901),

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, was born at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc,

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as well as at the universities of

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and

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. After holding the pastorate at

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in Ardèche from 1864 to 1868, he was appointed professor of reformed dogmatics at the Protestant theological faculty of Strasbourg. His markedly French sympathies during the War of 1870 led to his expulsion from Strassburg in 1872. After five years' effort he succeeded in establishing a Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris (today: Faculté de théologie protestante de Paris) along with Eugène Ménégoz, and became professor and then dean. In 1886, he became a teacher in the newly founded religious science department of the

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at the Sorbonne. His brother,

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, was a noted theological

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. He is the father of two daughters, Marguerite Chevalley, translator,Marguerite Chevalle

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, mathematician, is his grandson.

Published works

Among Louis Auguste Sabatier's chief works were: * ''Mémoire sur la notion hébraique de l'Esprit'' (1879). * ''Les origines littéraires et la composition de l'apocalypse de Saint Jean'' (1888).
''The Vitality of Christian Dogmas and their Power of Evolution''
(1898).
''Outlines of a philosophy of religion based on psychology and history''
(1902).
''The Apostle Paul''
(1903).
''The doctrine of the atonement and its historical evolution; and, Religion and modern culture''
(1904).
''Religions of Authority and the Religion of the Spirit''
translation of ''Les religions d'autorité de la religion de l'esprit'' (1904, posthumous), to which his colleague Jean Réville prefixed a short memoir. These works show Sabatier as "at once an accomplished dialectician and a mystic in the best sense of the word".

References

;On his theology * Eugène Ménégoz in ''Expository Times'', xv.30 *

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in ''Hibbert Journal'' (April 1903) *

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabatier, Louis Auguste 1839 births 1901 deaths People from Ardèche 19th-century Protestant theologians 19th-century French theologians French Protestant theologians Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris