He was a powerful preacher and political orator; from 1871 he was a member of the National Assembly, and from 1883 a life senator. In 1890 he was elected a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques.[2] Pressensé laboured for the revival of biblical studies. He contended that the Evangelical Church ought to be independent of the power of the state.[3]
Jesus Christ: his times, life, and work (1866) translated by Annie Harwood Holmden
The early years of Christianity: a comprehensive history of the first three centuries of the Christian church (4 volumes, 1879) translated by Annie Harwood Holmden
A Study of origins: or, the problems of knowledge, of being, and of duty (1883) translated by Annie Harwood Holmden
The ancient world and Christianity (1888) translated by Annie Harwood Holmden[5]