The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2

IV. Cottiere Two Witnesses Are Two Testaments Prophesying 1260 Years

MATTHIEU COTTIERE (Cotterius) (fl. 1625) was a student in Geneva in 1604, then preacher at Fringe and Tours. He was deputy to the National Synod of Alais in 1620, rebuilt the church of Tours, which was demolished in 1621, and was again deputy to the Synod of Charenton in 1631. He wrote several books, his earliest being Explicatio Apocalypseos (Explication of the Apocalypse). ³⁰ In his Manuel ou brieve description de I’Eglise Romaine (Manual or Brief Description of the Church of Rome), Cottiere expounds the Two Witnesses as “the Old and New Testaments. ³¹ These Witnesses extend over the 1260 years. ³² This is the same 1260 years when the woman was nourished in the wilderness, and also the three and a half times—which “means so many years. ³³ Cottiere takes due note of “that famous deserter from the holy ministry and from his religion,” Ferrier, and speaks of the time of Phocas when the see of Rome received a notable increase. ³⁴ PFF2 629.2