BOSSUET, JACQUES BÉNIGNE

zhäk bānēˈnyə bôsüāˈ, 1627–1704, French prelate, one of the greatest orators in French history. At an early age he was made a canon at Metz; he became bishop of Condom and was (1670–81) tutor to the dauphin (father of Louis XV), for whom he wrote his great Discourse on Universal History (1681, tr. 1778, 1821), Politics Derived from Holy Writ (1709), and Treatise of the Knowledge of God and One's Self (1722). In 1681 he became bishop of Meaux. Unrivaled for his eloquence, he is celebrated for his Funeral Orations (1689), particularly those on Henrietta of England, on her daughter, and on Condé, which are masterpieces of their kind. He was also a great moralist, a magnificent stylist, and a powerful controversialist, brilliantly attacking Fénelon and the quietists, the Jesuits, and the Protestants.

See biography by E. E. Reynolds (1963); studies by A. Rabelliau (5th ed. 1900) and M. C. Gotaas (1953, repr. 1970).

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Jacques the fatalist and his master
Book by David Coward; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Fiction
...remarks are aimed at the type. 107 Huet, Nicole, and Bossuet : Daniel Huet 1630-1721 , Bishop of Avranches...Jansenist scholar, taught Racine at Port-Royal. Jacques-Benigne Bossuet 1627-1704 , Bishop of Meaux, had been the voice...
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Men of Letters and the English Public in the Eighteenth Century, 1660- 1744: Dryden, Addison [And
Book by Alexandre Beljame, Bonamy Dobrée, E. O. Lorimer; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1948
Subjects: Addison, Joseph--1672-1719, Dryden, John--1631-1700, English Literature--18 Century--Histroy And Criticism, Fiction, Pope, Alexander--1688-1744
...Chapelle , M.DC.LXXI. Avec Privilege du Roy . 8 . BOSSUET Jacques-Benigne . An Exposition of the Doctrine of the Catholic...Matters of Controversie . By the Right Reverend James Benigne , Bossuet, Counsellor to the King, Bishop of Meaux , formerly...
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Barbarism and Religion: The Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, 1737-1764 - Vol. 1
Book by J. G. A. Pocock; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Enlightenment--Great Britain, Great Britain--Intellectual Life--18th Century, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D--Historiography
...Demokratischen Republik, 1970 Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne, 1671: Exposition de...de controverse . Paris Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne, 1681: Discours sur lhistoire...Paris. See Ranum, 1976 Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne, 1688: Histoire des variations...
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Tocqueville's Moral and Political Thought: New Liberalism
Book by M. R.R. Ossewaarde; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Liberalism, Tocqueville, Alexis De--1805-1859--Contributions In Political Science
...Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996). Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne, Sermons choisis de Bossuet , ed. Cardinal...Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1844). Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne, Oeuvres de Bossuet (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1879). Brogan...
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Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Christopher Baker; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Authoritarianism--Europe--History--17th Century, Authoritarianism--Europe--History--18th Century, Enlightenment--Europe--Biography--Dictionaries, Europe--History--17th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Europe--History--18th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Europe--Intellectual Life--17th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Europe--Intellectual Life--18th Century--Biography--Dictionaries
...rev. 1980. Christopher Baker BOSSUET, JACQUES-BENIGNE (1627-1704). An unsurpassed...the French Classical sermon, Bossuet was also an important controversialist...cathedral chapter; although Bossuet was then too young to hold such...
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Bossuet and the Consenses of the Church
Journal article by Richard F. Costigan; Theological Studies, Vol. 56, 1995
Subjects: Popes--Infallibility, Theology, Catholic--Analysis
...to the Gallicans by their critics. BOSSUET AND ECCLESIAL CONTROVERSY Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704), bishop of Meaux from...45) These latter are central to Jacques-Benigne Bossuet as he defends the fourth of the Gallican...
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Laughter and the Tree of Knowledge
Journal article by Thomas Harrison; The Romanic Review, Vol. 97, 2006
Subjects: American fiction, American writers--Works, Authors, American--Works, Bible stories, The Diary of Adam and Eve (Fictional work), Twain, Mark--Works
...tradition culminating in the bishop Jacques Benigne Bossuets Maximes et reflexions...Angeles: Green Integer, 1999. Bossuet, Jacques Benigne. Maximes et reflexions sur...lhumour noir. Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1966. Buckley, F...
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An Appeal for a Historiographical Renaissance: Lost Lives and the Thirty Years War
Journal article by David A. Meier; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005
Subjects: France--Political aspects, Germany--Political aspects, Thirty Years War, 1618-1648--Political aspects
...Thirty Years War. Jacques-Benigne Bossuets Discours...through the year 1700. Bossuet interpreted the political...10.1998, 184. Jacques Callot, Misere de...1743). (8.) Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, Discours sur lhistoire...
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Virgin Idols and Verbal Devices: Pope's Belinda and the Virgin Mary
Journal article by Corrinne Harol; The Eighteenth Century, Vol. 45, 2004
Subjects: Catholicism, Literary criticism, Morality, Poetry, Popes, Religious fundamentalism
...debate is Frances Bishop of Meaux, Jacques Benigne Bossuet, who is widely published in England...English Protestant critique. Bossuet argues that the distinction drawn...are, but what they signify?22 Bossuet (echoing Augustine and thereby...
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Postulated Routes from Naples to Paris: the Printer Antonio Bulifon and Giambattista Basile's Fairy Tales in Seventeenth-century France
Journal article by Suzanne Magnanini; Marvels & Tales, Vol. 21, 2007
Subjects: Books, Fairy tales, France, Italy, Marketing, Printing
...of learned men.16 On occasion Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, a bishop renowned for his sermons, joined their ranks. Both Bossuet and Perrault were elected to the...two collaborated closely, with Bossuet encouraging Perrault to write...
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A Sentimental Education: James Boswell, Samuel Johnson's Future Biographer, Found Glasgow a Dull Place. Yet It Was at the City's University That He Came into Contact with the Political Economist Adam Smith, Whose Insights Forced the Student to Grapple with Competing Claims on His Conscience, as Robert Zaretsky Explains
Magazine article by Robert Zaretsky; History Today, Vol. 61, April 2011
Subjects: Biographers--Education, Biographers--Social aspects, Boswell, James--Education, Boswell, James--Social aspects, Glasgow, Scotland, Smith, Adam (Scottish economist)--Social aspects, University of Glasgow--Social aspects
...writings of the French Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704), Boswell took...Glasgow. As Boswell must have known Bossuet had helped engineer a far more...so close to Boswells heart, Bossuet agrees with Protestant controversialists...
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A Fight for the Future: The Glorious Revolution Was the Result of a Contest between Two Competing Visions of the Modern State, Argues Steven Pincus. the Springboard for Britain's Eventual Global Dominance, This Surprisingly Violent Series of Events Became a Model for Change the World Over
Magazine article by Steven Pincus; History Today, Vol. 59, October 2009
Subjects: British history--Political aspects, Glorious Revolution, 1688, Irish history--Political aspects, Scottish history--Political aspects
...bigoted to the Jesuits. In the 1680s James developed a serious interest in the writings of the Jesuit-educated Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, charismatic preacher and perhaps the most influential Gallican theologian of his generation...
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Repressed Memories
Magazine article by Eamon Duffy; Commonweal, Vol. 131, March 12, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Conciliarist Tradition: Constitutionalism in the Catholic Church 1300-1870 (Book)--Book reviews
...feature of the churchs life. Yet one of the greatest exponents of the Gallican version of conciliarism, Bishop Jacques Benigne Bossuet, was uneasy with accounts of the church that compared it to a secular political organism; he venerated papal...
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Poland Today: A Challenge for Secular Humanism
Magazine article by Marian Hillar; Free Inquiry, Vol. 15, Spring 1995
Subjects: Catholic Church--Political activity, Church and state--Political aspects, Poland--Politics and government
...McLachlan, Socinianism in Seventeenth-Century England, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951), p. 9. Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704), bishop of Meaux, called the universal tolerance "cette theologie de limpiete des socinens...
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This, Too, Is My Body: When Does the Consecration Happen?
Magazine article by Mark Plaiss; Commonweal, Vol. 133, May 19, 2006
Subjects: Catholics--Religious aspects, Church buildings--Services, Churches--Services, Roman Catholics--Religious aspects, Vatican City--Religious aspects
...Words of Institution. In The Church at Prayer, Robert Cabie even quotes the seventeenth-century French bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet: The intent of liturgies and, in general, of consecratory prayers, is not to focus our attention on precise...


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encyclopedia articles on: Bossuet Jacques BEnigne  - 2 results

 
 
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Bossuet, Jacques BÉnigne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BOSSUET, JACQUES BENIGNE zhak bane ny bosua , 1627 1704, French prelate, one of the greatest orators in French history. At an early age he was made a...
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French Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Marie, marquise de Sevigne , Jacques-Benigne Bossuet , Marie-Madeleine, comtesse...Francois-Marie Voltaire , Jean Jacques Rousseau , and Charles de Secondat...Rene Le Sage , Abbe Prevost, and Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre...


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