Lewis Du Moulin
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Lewis Du Moulin (1606-1680) was a French Huguenot
physician and controversialist, who settled in England. He became Camden Professor of History at the University of Oxford
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, and brother of Peter Du Moulin. He qualified M.D. at the University of Leiden, and came to England to practice medicine as a young man.
He was a moderate critic of episcopacy, identified as an Erastian. He was on good terms with John Owen
and Richard Baxter
, but also Joseph Hall.
He obtained the Camden Professorship in 1646 after petitioning Parliament. He was ejected from the position in 1660.
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
physician and controversialist, who settled in England. He became Camden Professor of History at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
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Life
He was born in Paris, the son of theologian Pierre Du MoulinPierre Du Moulin
Pierre Du Moulin was a Huguenot minister in France who also resided in England for some years.-Life:Born in Buhy in 1568, he was the son of Joachim Du Moulin, a Protestant minister in the Orleans area...
, and brother of Peter Du Moulin. He qualified M.D. at the University of Leiden, and came to England to practice medicine as a young man.
He was a moderate critic of episcopacy, identified as an Erastian. He was on good terms with John Owen
John Owen (theologian)
John Owen was an English Nonconformist church leader, theologian, and academic administrator at the University of Oxford.-Early life:...
and Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist. Dean Stanley called him "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". After some false starts, he made his reputation by his ministry at Kidderminster, and at around the same time began a long...
, but also Joseph Hall.
He obtained the Camden Professorship in 1646 after petitioning Parliament. He was ejected from the position in 1660.
Works
- Vox populi (1641) as Irenaus Philadelphus
- Aytomaxia, or, the self-contradiction of some that contend about church-government (1643) as Ireneus Philalethes
- The power of the Christian magistrate in sacred things (1650)
- Paraenesis ad aedificatores imperii in imperio (1656)
- Of the Right of Churches' (1658)