Background
Athanase Josué Coquerel was the son of A. L. C. Coquerel (q. v. ), was born at Amsterdam on the 16th of June 1820.
Athanase Josué Coquerel was the son of A. L. C. Coquerel (q. v. ), was born at Amsterdam on the 16th of June 1820.
Athanase Josué Coquerel studied theology at Geneva and at Strassburg, and at an early age succeeded his uncle, C. A. Coquerel, as editor of Le Lien, a post which he held till 1870.
Athanase Josué Coquerel in 1852 he took part in establishing the Nouvelle Revue de tkiologie, the first periodical of scientific theology published in France, and in the same year helped to found the " Historical Society of French Protestantism. " Meanwhile he had gained a high reputation as a preacher, and especially as the advocate of religious freedom; but his teaching became more and more offensive to the orthodox party, and on the appearance (1864) of his article on Renan's Vie de Jisus in the Nouvelle Revue de thiologie he was forbidden by the Paris consistory to continue his ministerial functions. He received an address of sympathy from the consistory of Anduze, and a provision was voted for him by the Union Protestante Liberale, to enable him to continue his preaching.
