Laurent Drelincourt (1626–1681) was son of the

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theologian

Charles Drelincourt Charles Drelincourt (10 July 1595 in Sedan3 November 1669) was a French Protestant divine. Life His father, Pierre Drelincourt, fled from Protestant persecution in Caen and became secretary to Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon at ...

(1595–1669), who was a French Protestant divine. Laurent also was a theologian, who later became a pastor, and was the author of ''Sonnets chrétiens sur divers sujets'' (1677). His orientation is said to have followed largely the teachings of John Calvin.Chavannes 427 Historically noteworthy are his poems to the Virgin Mary in ''Livre III''. Drelincourt expresses in rich poetic language a clear theology on Mary, quoting at the end of each poem biblical sources as proof of his writings. Drelincourt expresses a Marian devotion within the Reformed movement, which was lost in later years. Drelincourt wrote, that Christ by becoming human through the Virgin Mary did not lose who he was, but began to be what he was not. He approvingly noted that the

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excluded all who did not accept the

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definition. He quoted

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, saying that Jesus selected Mary as his mother, but she was more content to conceive him in her heart than in her body. He supported

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, when he defined Mary as a mythical paradise, which generated the tree of life for all humanity.Chavannes 427

Publications

* H Chavannes, Reformierte Theologie in Marienlexikon, Regensburg, 1988 (quoted as Chavannes) * Jaroslav Pelikan, Mary Through The Ages, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, referencing Walter Tappolet, ed., Das Marienlob der Reformatoren Tübingen: Katzman Verlag, 1962

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drelincourt, Laurent French Calvinist and Reformed ministers 17th-century Calvinist and Reformed ministers French Calvinist and Reformed theologians 17th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 17th-century French theologians 1626 births 1681 deaths Protestant views on Mary