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Oeuvres Compl�tes de F�nelon, Archeveque de Cambrai, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
by Francois Fenelon
Excerpt from Oeuvres Completes de Fenelon, Archeveque de Cambrai, Vol. 3
Il. _m. De Meaux dira peut-etre que le temoi gnage de feu M. De Geneve ne doit decider de rien parce qu'il n'avoit pas vu la Vie de ma dame Guyon et ses autres ecrits fanatiques. Et bien citons a M. De Meaux un temoin qui ait lu et examine a fond tous les manuscrits de madame Guyon; ce temoin ne doit pas lui etre suspect puisque je n'en veux point d'autre que lui - meme. Il l'a garde six mois dans le monas tere de la Visitation de Meaux supposant, com me ou le va voir, qu'elle m'avoit ebloui. Il connoissoit alors non-seulement ses livres irri primes, mais encore tous ses manuscrits, ou il assure qu'elle a devoile tout son fanatisme. Il devoit donc se defier d'elle plus que tous ceux qui l'avoient vue jusqu'alors. Suppose que j'eusse ete trompe il ne lui etoit pas permis de l'etre. Ma seduction, dont il etoit si etonne, devoit etre un grand preservatif pour lui. Voici neanmoins ce qu'il fit, quand elle fut dans son diocese Il lui continua des le premier jour l'n sage des sacremens, sans lui faire retracter ni avouer aucune erreur. Dans la suite, apres avoir lu tous les manuscrits et examine soigneu sement la personne il lui dicta un acte de sou mission sur les trente-quatre Articles date du 15 avril 1695 ou, apres avoir condamne tou tes les erreurs qu'on lui imputoit, il lui fit ajouter ces paroles Je declare neanmoins avec tout respect et sans prejudice de la pre sente soumission et declaration, que je n'ai jamais en intention de rien avancer qui fut contraire a l'esprit de l'eglise catholique apostolique et romaine, a laquelle j'ai tou jours ete et serai toujours soumise, Dieu aidant jusqu'au dernier soupir de ma vie ce que je ne dis pas pour me chercher une excuse mais dans l'obligation ou je crois etre de declarer en simplicite mes intentions. Par cet acte que M. De Meaux n'a pas juge a propos de rapporter il justifie les intentions de la personne puisqu'il lui dicte des paroles pour les justifier, et que ces paroles dictees par lui sont le fondement sur lequel il vouloit lui don ner une attestation.
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Il. _m. De Meaux dira peut-etre que le temoi gnage de feu M. De Geneve ne doit decider de rien parce qu'il n'avoit pas vu la Vie de ma dame Guyon et ses autres ecrits fanatiques. Et bien citons a M. De Meaux un temoin qui ait lu et examine a fond tous les manuscrits de madame Guyon; ce temoin ne doit pas lui etre suspect puisque je n'en veux point d'autre que lui - meme. Il l'a garde six mois dans le monas tere de la Visitation de Meaux supposant, com me ou le va voir, qu'elle m'avoit ebloui. Il connoissoit alors non-seulement ses livres irri primes, mais encore tous ses manuscrits, ou il assure qu'elle a devoile tout son fanatisme. Il devoit donc se defier d'elle plus que tous ceux qui l'avoient vue jusqu'alors. Suppose que j'eusse ete trompe il ne lui etoit pas permis de l'etre. Ma seduction, dont il etoit si etonne, devoit etre un grand preservatif pour lui. Voici neanmoins ce qu'il fit, quand elle fut dans son diocese Il lui continua des le premier jour l'n sage des sacremens, sans lui faire retracter ni avouer aucune erreur. Dans la suite, apres avoir lu tous les manuscrits et examine soigneu sement la personne il lui dicta un acte de sou mission sur les trente-quatre Articles date du 15 avril 1695 ou, apres avoir condamne tou tes les erreurs qu'on lui imputoit, il lui fit ajouter ces paroles Je declare neanmoins avec tout respect et sans prejudice de la pre sente soumission et declaration, que je n'ai jamais en intention de rien avancer qui fut contraire a l'esprit de l'eglise catholique apostolique et romaine, a laquelle j'ai tou jours ete et serai toujours soumise, Dieu aidant jusqu'au dernier soupir de ma vie ce que je ne dis pas pour me chercher une excuse mais dans l'obligation ou je crois etre de declarer en simplicite mes intentions. Par cet acte que M. De Meaux n'a pas juge a propos de rapporter il justifie les intentions de la personne puisqu'il lui dicte des paroles pour les justifier, et que ces paroles dictees par lui sont le fondement sur lequel il vouloit lui don ner une attestation.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comwww.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Francois Fenelon (1651 - 1715)
He was inducted into the Acadmie Francaise in 1693 and named Archbishop of Cambrai in 1695. During his time as the educator and teacher of the Duke, Fenelon wrote several entertaining and educational works, including the extensive novel Les Aventures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse (The Adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses), which depicted the ideal of a wise king. When this novel began circulating anonymously among the court, having been fragmentarily published in 1699 without his knowledge, Louis XIV, who saw many criticisms of his absolutistic style of rule in Telemaque, stopped the printing and banned Fenelon from court. Fenelon then retreated to his bishopric in Cambrai, where he remained active writing theological and political treatises until his death on January 17, 1715.In Church history, Fenelon is known especially for his part in the Quietism debate with his earlier patron Bossuet. In his work Explication des maximes des Saints sur la vie interieure (Explanation of the Adages of the Saints on the Inner Life) in 1697, he defended Madame du Guyon, the main representative of Quietistic mysticism. He provided proof that her "heretical" teachings could also be seen in recognized saints. In 1697, Fenelon called on the pope for a decision in the Quietism debate. After long advisement, the Pope banned the Explication in 1699. Fenelon complied with the pope's decision immediately and allowed the remaining copies of his book to be destroyed.
Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon, more commonly known as Francois Fenelon, was a French Roman Catholic theologian, poet and writer. He today is remembered mostly as one of the main advocates of quietism and as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, a scabrous attack on the French monarchy, first published in 1699.
Francois Fenelon (specifically Francois de Salignac de la Motte-Fenelon) was born on August 6, 1651, at Fenelon Castle in Perigord. Fenelon studied at the seminary Saint-Sulpice in Paris, where he was ordained as a priest. Fenelon published his pedagogical work Traite de l'education des filles (Treatise on the Education of Girls) in 1681, which brought him much attention, not only in France, but abroad as well. At this time, he met Jacques Benigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, who soon became his patron and through whose influence Fenelon was contracted by Louis XIV to carry out the re-conversion of the Hugenots in the provinces of Saintonge and Poitou in 1686 and was appointed in 1689 as educator of his grandson and potential successor, the Duc de Bourgogne. Because of this position, he gained much influence at the court.
He was inducted into the Academie Francaise in 1693 and named Archbishop of Cambrai in 1695. During his time as the educator and teacher of the Duke, Fenelon wrote several entertaining and educational works, including the extensive novel Les Aventures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse (The Adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses), which depicted the ideal of a wise king. When this novel began circulating anonymously among the court, having been fragmentarily published in 1699 without his knowledge, Louis XIV, who saw many criticisms of his absolutistic style of rule in Telemaque, stopped the printing and banned Fenelon from court. Fenelon then retreated to his bishopric in Cambrai, where he remained active writing theological and political treatises until his death on January 17, 1715.
In Church history, Fenelon is known especially for his part in the Quietism debate with his earlier patron Bossuet. In his work Explication des maximes des Saints sur la vie interieure (Explanation of the Adages of the Saints on the Inner Life) in 1697, he defended Madame du Guyon, the main representative of Quietistic mysticism. He provided proof that her "heretical" teachings could also be seen in recognized saints. In 1697, Fenelon called on the pope for a decision in the Quietism debate. After long advisement, the Pope banned the Explication in 1699. Fenelon complied with the pope's decision immediately and allowed the remaining copies of his book to be destroyed.
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