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Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 - April 12, 1704) was a French bishop, theologian, and renowned pulpit orator and court preacher. He was also an important courtier and politician at the court of Louis XIV.
A comprehensive biography of the French bishop and orator, who wrote many works of theology, history, and literature. Learn about his life, education, career, controversies, and legacy in the Catholic Church.
The bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627–1704), one of the principal French theorists of divine right, asserted that the king’s person and authority were sacred; that his power was modeled on that of a father’s and was absolute, deriving from God; and that he was governed by reason (i.e., custom and precedent).
Winning favor at Court, he was rewarded in 1669 with the see of Condom and was appointed tutor to the dauphin, Louis XIV 's son, in 1670. He is most famous for the series of funeral orations he delivered as Court preacher (1666 – 1687), of which the last and finest commemorates the great Cond é.
Dec 16, 2023 · An eminent figure of the century of Louis XIV, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet was born in Dijon on September, 1627, into a family of magistrates and parliamentarians. Trained at the Jesuit college in his city, he was “tonsured” at the age of 8 (in other words he assumed clerical status) before being appointed canon of Metz at the age of 13.
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Profession: Bishop and Writer. Nationality: French. Biography: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet was a French bishop and theologian, best known for his sermons and his role as a leading advocate of the theory of the divine right of kings, which held that monarchs derive their authority directly from God.
Jacques–Benigne Bossuet (1627—1704), bishop of Meaux, was a well–known seventeenth–century peacher who believed that although France had a sizable minority of Protestants, France should have a single religion, Catholicism. At the same time, he was a Gallican, meaning he argued that the French clergy owed primary allegiance to the king ...
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