Category: Biographies
Christian perfection, or the highest possibilities of Christian grace and growth, is a theme of intense interest to every true lover of the Lord. There are many ways of promoting it, widely differing in their merits and their helpfulness. Without disparaging other methods, it...
We come now to the central period of Fénelon's career, that wherein he put forth his greatest mental exertion, fighting, as it were, for his very life, and for that truth which...
7. CHAPTER VII.It is fitting that we conclude this sketch of Fénelon with some account of his writings, because it is so largely through them that he lives today. The most complete collection...
1. CHAPTER I.Christian perfection, or the highest possibilities of Christian grace and growth, is a theme of intense interest to every true lover of the Lord. There are many ways of promotin...
6. CHAPTER VI.It is now our privilege to bid farewell to the noise of battle, and look at the good archbishop in the peaceful retirement of his great diocese, where, as all admit, his episcop...
3. CHAPTER III.Louis XIV, being bent upon the subjection of the Huguenots, and knowing full well that violence alone could accomplish the matter only in part, cast about in his mind for a suit...
4. CHAPTER IV.In order that we may properly apprehend the next period in Fénelon's life it is absolutely essential for us to take a survey of the general subject of Mysticism, for with that h...
2. CHAPTER II.It is absolutely essential, in studying any character, that we take into careful account the age and land in which he lived. We can not rightly estimate his merits or demerits u...