Bishop of Meaux · preacher · Roman Catholic

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Born: 1627
Died: 1704

French bishop of Meaux, court preacher to Louis XIV and tutor to the Dauphin, celebrated for his funeral orations and for controversial works against the Protestants and the Quietists; his meditations on the Gospels were written for the nuns of his diocese.

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The Sermon on the Mount1695

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The Sermon on the Mount

Forty-seven daily meditations by the Bishop of Meaux on the Sermon on the Mount, taken from his Meditations on the Gospels written for the nuns of his diocese, working through the Beatitudes, the law fulfilled, prayer, fasting and the narrow way.

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