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  3. Occitanie
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  5. 81330 Vabre

  6. Protestant Temple

Protestant Temple à Vabre dans le Tarn

Tarn

Protestant Temple

    6 Bis Place de la ville
    81330 Vabre
Temple protestant
Temple protestant
Temple protestant
Crédit photo : Fagairolles 34 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1789
Declaration of Human Rights
1801
Construction of the first temple
1804
Rebuilding of the current temple
1939-1945
Second World War
2015
Historical monument classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The Protestant temple, located in the Place de la Ville (Box AB 109): inscription by order of 20 May 2015

Key figures

Robert Cook - Pastor and Righteous Among the Nations Protected from the Jews during the war.
Daniel Sens - Pastor and Righteous Among the Nations Engaged in the Resistance in Vabre.
Jean Cadier - Protestant Theology Born in Vabre, son of a pastor.
Guy de Rouville - Protestant Resistant Organized the local resistance.
Simone Iff - Feminist activist Daughter of Pastor Frantz Balfet.

Origin and history

The Protestant temple of Vabre, located in the Tarn in Occitanie, was built in 1804 from the stones of the local castle bought by the community. This monument, one of the largest temples in France, embodies the rebirth of Protestantism after the persecutions of the Old Regime, including the post-revocation dragonnades of the edict of Nantes. Its sober architecture, typical of urban temples, reflects the simplicity advocated by the Reformation.

Freedom of worship, restored by the French Revolution in 1789, allowed the reconstruction of a first temple in 1801, replaced three years later by the present building. During the Second World War, the parish played an active role in the Resistance, sheltering refugees, including Jews, under the impulse of committed pastors like Robert Cook or Daniel Sens, both recognized as righteous among the nations.

Ranked a historic monument in 2015, the temple remains a symbol of French Protestant memory, linked to prominent figures such as the theologian Jean Cadier or the resistant Guy de Rouville. Its history also illustrates the local anchoring of Protestantism, from the Reformation to its role in protecting the persecuted in the twentieth century. The parish, affiliated with the United Protestant Church of France, today perpetuates this spiritual and historical heritage.

External links

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