The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . as en-trusted with the task of finishing his work, Detheologicis dogmatibus From August 1709 he be-longed to the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres. Le TeUier was provincial of his order in Pariswhen Father La Chaise, the confessor of Louis XIV,died, 20 January, 1709. Godet des Marais, Bishop ofChartres, and La Ch^tardie, rector of Saint-Sulpice,had a determining part in Louiss choice of Le Telheras his new confessor. Saint-Simon, givin
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . as en-trusted with the task of finishing his work, Detheologicis dogmatibus From August 1709 he be-longed to the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres. Le TeUier was provincial of his order in Pariswhen Father La Chaise, the confessor of Louis XIV,died, 20 January, 1709. Godet des Marais, Bishop ofChartres, and La Ch^tardie, rector of Saint-Sulpice,had a determining part in Louiss choice of Le Telheras his new confessor. Saint-Simon, giving credenceto a story told by a surgeon, Marechal, attributed thischoice to the kings fear of displeasing the two centuries the greater number of historianshave followed Saint-Simons estimate of Le Tellierand denounced that dark, false, and dread-inspiringcountenance, which would have struck terror if metin a lonely forest, that coarse, insolent, impudentconfessor, knovidng neither the world nor moderation,neither rank nor considerations, making no allowancefor anything, covering up his purposes by a thousand LETOURNEUX 201 LETOURNEUX. windings. Scientific history is revising this judg-ment. Saint-Simon makes Le Tellier responsible forthe destruction of Port-Royal. Father Bliard pointsout that since 1695 Harlay de Champvallon, Arch-bishop of Paris, and Louis XIV had contemplatedits destruction; that the seizure in 1703 of Ques-nels papers had drawn the kings attention to thepolitical dangers of Jansenism; that as early as25 March, 1708, Clement XI at the request of KingLouis had united Port^Royal des Champs with Port-Royal de Paris and suppressed the title of the Ab-baye des Champs; and that Cardinal de Noailles,who for a year past had interdicted the members of Port - Royal desChamps from re-ceiving the sacra-ments, was pre-paring to use thepower given himby the pope tosend the nuns toother convents. Saint-Simonclaims that Le Tel-lier in advisingepiscopal nomina-tio
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