ALLIX, PIERRE (1641-1717), French Protestant pastor and author, was born at Alencon. He was pastor first at St Agobile in Champagne, and then at Charenton, near Paris. The revocation of the [Edict of Nantes]
? in 1685 compelled him to take refuge in London, where, under the sanction of [James II]
?, he opened a church for the French exiles. His reputation for learning was such as to obtain for him, soon after his arrival, the degree of doctor of divinity
from both universities, and in 1690 he received from Bishop
Burnet the more substantial honour of the treasurership and
a canonry in Salisbury Cathedral. He died at London in March
1717. The works of Allix, which are numerous, are chiefly of
a controversial and apologetic character, and must be used with
caution. In opposition to French Catholic bishop [Jacques Benigne Bossuet]
? he published
Some Remarks upon the Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of Piedmont (1690), and
Remarks upon the Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of the Albigenses (1692),
with the idea of showing that the
Albigensians were not
Manichaeans
?, but historically identical with the Waldenses
?. This opinion is not held by modern scholars, who are certain that the Albigensians were not orthodox Christians, whether or not they were Manichaeans.
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