1647 – 1708
Isaac Jaquelot (1647–1708) was a French Huguenot theologian and apologist who fled France following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, eventually settling in Berlin as a court preacher to Frederick I of Prussia. He is best known for his rational defenses of Christian theism against deism and skepticism, and for his polemical exchanges with Pierre Bayle over the problem of evil and the relationship between faith and reason.
Authored Dissertations sur l'existence de Dieu, a major early modern rational defense of theism
Engaged in sustained philosophical controversy with Pierre Bayle over faith, reason, and the problem of evil
Defended Protestant ecclesiology against Catholic claims to exclusive church authority
Contributed to the development of Protestant rational apologetics in the early Enlightenment period
Served as court preacher in Berlin, advancing Reformed theology in the Prussian court