Instruction on the States of Prayer

Name: Instruction on the States of Prayer
Author: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

This book is in French.

A treatise in two parts against Quietism, written in 1696-97: the first treatise (ten books) sets out the Catholic doctrine of prayer and its degrees, the second gathers the tradition of the Fathers against the “new mystics.” With the ordinance of Meaux, the approbations and the acts condemning Molinos. Published in 1697. Lachat edition (1864).

Source: Typed transcription of volume XVIII, pages 009-023, and volume XIX, pages 001-004. 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.