A pithy summary from R. de la Broise, Bossuet and the Bible, 1890, pp. 160-1: "To preach the word of God, to go hear the word of God," these are the expressive words of the Christian language. They neatly outline one of the distinct characteristics of preaching, one of the points which make the genre …
The Creation of Men and Angels: Last singularity of the creation of man in his immortality
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. We no longer count the admirable singularities of the creation of man, so great are the number. But the last is immortality. O God, what a marvel! All the animals …
The Creation of Men and Angels: God gives man a commandment and warns him of his free will and all of his subjection
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. You will eat of all the fruits of heaven, but you will not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day you eat …
The Creation of Men and Angels: The creation of the second sex
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. In producing the other animals, God created the two sexes together; And the formation of the second is a singularity of the creation of man. How useful it was for …
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The Creation of Men and Angels: God puts man in paradise, and led to him all of the animals to name them
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. After forming man, God begins to make him feel what he is in the world by two memorable circumstances. One, he planted with his own hand a delicious garden called …
The Creation of Men and Angels: Another admirable singularity of the creation of man: God forms him by His fingers, and The most excellent distinction of man's creation in that of his soul
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. Another admirable singularity of the creation of man: God forms him by His fingers "Let the earth produce grasses and plants. May the waters produce fish and birds. May the …
The Creation of Men and Angels: The dominion of God expressed in that of the soul over the body
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. The dominion of God expressed in that of the soul over the body We spend all our lives in continual miracles that we do not even notice. I have a …
Empower the Laity? Don't Hold Your Breath
The Church of England takes a crack at it: A LONG-AWAITED report on lay leadership in the Church of England, published last week, has set out to “empower, liberate and disciple” the laity — not in churches, but in schools, workplaces, gyms, shops, fields, and factories. It is to be presented to the General Synod …
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The Creation of Men and Angels: The dominion of man over himself
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. "Let us make man in our image and likeness, so that he orders the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals and all the earth, and …
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The Creation of Men and Angels: Second distinction of the creation of man in these words: In our image and likeness, and The image of the Trinity in the rational soul
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. Second distinction of the creation of man in these words: In our image and likeness. Let us make man in our image and likeness. At these admirable words, raise yourself …
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