Matthieu Cottière (Cotterius) (1581–1656) was a French Reformed pastor at

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metr ...

and theological writer.

Life

His parents were Simon Cottière or Couttière and Françoise Ribbe. He studied theology at

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situ ...

to 1604, presenting a dissertation on justification. He then moved on to the

University of Leiden Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a reward to the city of L ...

, and took part in the series of debates on

predestination Predestination, in theology, is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul. Explanations of predestination often seek to address the paradox of free will, whereby G ...

and justification between Arminius and Gomarus. Cottière became a pastor at Pringé in 1607. He was minister at Tours from 1617 to 1656. He was a Huguenot deputy at the national synod of Alais in 1620, where he defended the orthodoxy of the

Albigensians Catharism (; from the grc, καθαροί, katharoi, "the pure ones") was a Christian dualist or Gnostic movement between the 12th and 14th centuries which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France. Follo ...

, and at Charenton in 1631. He married Marguerite (or Marie) Amirault in 1624. They had eight children. A son Isaac also went into the church.

Works

Cottière was a

millennialist Millennialism (from millennium, Latin for "a thousand years") or chiliasm (from the Greek equivalent) is a belief advanced by some religious denominations that a Golden Age or Paradise will occur on Earth prior to the final judgment and future ...

, who believed that the millennium had begun in the year 1517. He was a follower of

John Napier John Napier of Merchiston (; 1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was the 8th Laird of Merchiston. His Latinized name was Ioa ...

, and an influence on

Johann Heinrich Alsted Johann Heinrich Alsted (March 1588 – November 9, 1638), "the true parent of all the Encyclopædias", s:Budget of Paradoxes/O. was a German-born Transylvanian Saxon Calvinist minister and academic, known for his varied interests: in Ramism and ...

. The '' Synopsis criticorum'' of

Matthew Poole Matthew Poole (1624–1679) was an English Non-conformist theologian and biblical commentator. Life to 1662 He was born at York, the son of Francis Pole, but he spelled his name Poole, and in Latin Polus; his mother was a daughter of Alderman ...

called him "vir doctus et acutus". *''Apocalypseos Domini Nostri Jesu Christi'' (1615). There was a letter of dedication to

James I of England James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until h ...

. *''Traittez des originales et versions'' (1619), against the Bible translation of

Pierre Coton Pierre Coton (7 March 1564, at Néronde in Forez – 19 March 1626, at Paris) was a French Jesuit and royal confessor. Life Coton studied law at Paris and Bourges, entered the Society of Jesus at the age of twenty-five, and was sent to Milan t ...

. *''Paradoxe, que l'Église romaine, en ce qu'elle a de différent des Églises dites réformées, n'est ancienne que de quatre cents ans environ'' (1636) *''Les propheties, touchant l'estat de la religion et de l'eglise des derniers temps'' (1637) *''L'Apocalypse, de nostre seigneur Jesus Christ'' (1642) This is a French translation of the 1615 Latin work. Included (subtitle) was a commentary on a 1641 work on the Apocalypse by the Jesuit

Bernardin de Montreuil Bernardin is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Bernardin-François Fouquet (1705–1785), French Catholic prelate, Cardinal, abbot and archbishop of Embrun *Bernardin Frankopan (1453–1529), Croat ...

. *''Esclaircissement sur une principale controverse'' (1642) * (1644) *''De Hellenistis et lingua Hellenistica'' (1646). Opposed

Daniel Heinsius Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength ...

, in the controversy he had with Salmasius over the nature of

New Testament Greek Koine Greek (; Koine el, ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, hē koinè diálektos, the common dialect; ), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-reg ...

. A 1648 work ''Epistola ad Spanheimum'', in the controversy over

universal grace In Christian theology, universal reconciliation (also called universal salvation, Christian universalism, or in context simply universalism) is the doctrine that all sinful and alienated human souls—because of divine love and mercy—will ul ...

and

Amyraldism Amyraldism (sometimes Amyraldianism) is a Calvinist doctrine. It is also known as the School of Saumur, post redemptionism, moderate Calvinism, or hypothetical universalism. It is one of several hypothetical universalist systems. Amyraldism is t ...

, was answered by

Friedrich Spanheim Friedrich Spanheim the elder (January 1, 1600, Amberg – May 14, 1649, Leiden) was a Calvinistic theology professor at the University of Leiden. Life He entered in 1614 the University of Heidelberg where he studied philology and philosophy ...

in ''Epistola ad Cottierum'' (1648).

Walter Arthur Copinger Walter Arthur Copinger (14 April 1847 – 13 March 1910) was an English professor of law, antiquary and bibliographer. Early life and education Copinger was born on 14 April 1847 at Clapham, the second son of Charles Louis George Emanuel Copin ...

, ''A Treatise on Predestination, Election and Grace, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical; to which is added a bibliography of the subject'' (1889), p. lxxv
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