This is the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism in French, published in 1707 when the power and glory of the French ancien régime was at its zenith. Patrick Riley has provided full supporting materials including a chronology, guide to further reading and brief notes on persons mentioned, in addition to a lucid introduction placing Bossuet's bibliocentric politics in their historical and intellectual context.
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This is the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707 when the power and glory of the French ancien regime was at its zenith. Riley provides a chronology, bibliography and a lucid introduction thus placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context.
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Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
avertissement aux protestants, paternal empire, sovereign magistrate, des propres paroles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Proposition One, Holy Spirit, Proposition God, Proposition There, Lord God, Simon the Maccabee, King Josaphat, King of Assyria, Lord the God of Israel, Proposition Second, Jabes Galaad, John the Baptist, King of the Ammonites, Proposition Third, Ethai the Gethite, New Testament, Proposition First, Proposition Fourth, Proposition Kings, Proposition Princes, Darius the Mede, Holy Ghost, King of Gerar, King of the Philistines New!
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Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
avertissement aux protestants, paternal empire, sovereign magistrate, des propres paroles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Proposition One, Holy Spirit, Proposition God, Proposition There, Lord God, Simon the Maccabee, King Josaphat, King of Assyria, Lord the God of Israel, Proposition Second, Jabes Galaad, John the Baptist, King of the Ammonites, Proposition Third, Ethai the Gethite, New Testament, Proposition First, Proposition Fourth, Proposition Kings, Proposition Princes, Darius the Mede, Holy Ghost, King of Gerar, King of the Philistines New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Discourse on Universal History (Classic European Historians) by Jacques-Benigne Bossuet on 4 pages
- Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith, Volume III: The Writings of the Church Fathers Affirming the Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura. by David T. King in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Political Writings by Saint, Bishop of Hippo Augustine in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Political Writings by Jean-Francois Lyotard in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle in Front Matter
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- The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual by Dolan Cummings on page 50
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