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The Wisdom of François Fénelon: Mysticism, Pedagogy, and the Art of Surrender

The Wisdom of François Fénelon: Mysticism, Pedagogy, and the Art of Surrender

Mundi Press, Sapientia

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Religious BiographiesMetaphysical GeneralCatholicism

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ISBN13: 9798185419168
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
An archbishop at the court of the Sun King, condemned by Rome for teaching the love of God too purely, became one of the most influential spiritual voices in the history of European thought.

François Fénelon stood at the crossroads of seventeenth-century French life. He was tutor to a future king, archbishop of one of the wealthiest sees in France, author of a romance read across Europe for two centuries, and the patient defender of a mystical theology that brought him into open conflict with Bossuet and the most powerful churchmen of his age. His submission to Rome's condemnation in 1699, performed from his cathedral pulpit with extraordinary dignity, became one of the celebrated acts of Christian humility in the early modern period. The interior freedom that survived his disgrace shaped the spiritual letters that have nourished readers from Wesley to Goethe to Jefferson.

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