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Defence of the Declaration of the Gallican Clergy

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

This book is in Latin.

Bossuet’s Latin defence, in eleven books, of the four articles of the Declaration of the French clergy of 1682 on ecclesiastical power: the temporal power of kings, the authority of councils and the judgment of the pope. Composed around 1682-85 and published in 1730. A document of Gallicanism, kept for its historical interest: the articles were withdrawn by their own signatories in 1693. Lachat edition (1865).

Contents

Source: Typed transcription of volume XXI (Avis, Declaratio, Defensio, books I-VI) and volume XXII (Pars tertia, books VII-XI).