Defence of Tradition and of the Holy Fathers

Name: Defence of Tradition and of the Holy Fathers
Author: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

This book is in French.

A reply in thirteen books to Richard Simon and his remarks on the Fathers: tradition, the Fathers’ interpretation of Scripture, grace, predestination, the Trinity and the divinity of Christ, against a critical and rationalist use of the patristic tradition. Composed around 1702-04 and published in 1763. Lachat edition (1862).

Source: Typed transcription of volume IV, pages 001-015. The transcription loses the œ ligature; it is restored by a dictionary pass (ambiguous forms such as sœur/sur, mœurs/murs, vœu/vu decided from the Lachat OCR). Page-bottom notes of the Lachat edition are kept as footnotes.