. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . .59 and 1669, and it is estimatedthat more than one hmidred have been lost. In1669 he was appointed Bishop of Condom, withoutbeing obliged to reside in his diocese, was consecrated21 September, 1670, but, obeying scruples of con-science, resigned his bishopric a year later, inwhich year, also, he was elected to the FrenchAcademy. Appointed preceptor to the Dauphin,13 September, 1670, he threw himself with in-defatigable energy into his tutorial functio
. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . .59 and 1669, and it is estimatedthat more than one hmidred have been lost. In1669 he was appointed Bishop of Condom, withoutbeing obliged to reside in his diocese, was consecrated21 September, 1670, but, obeying scruples of con-science, resigned his bishopric a year later, inwhich year, also, he was elected to the FrenchAcademy. Appointed preceptor to the Dauphin,13 September, 1670, he threw himself with in-defatigable energy into his tutorial functions,composing all the books deemed necessary for hispupils instruction, models of handwriting as wellas manuals of philosophy, and himself giving allthe lessons, three times a day. When his functionsas preceptor ended (16S1), he was appointed to thebishopric of Meaux. He took a prominent part inthe Assembly of the French Clergy in 1682. Unlikethe court bishops, Bossuet constantly resided inhis diocese and busied himself with the. details ofits administration. In that period he completedhis long-interrupted works of historical controversy,. r,( )SSUET THE TAINTING liY KIQAnE BOSSUET 699 BOSSUET ■RTOte innumerable spiritual letters, took care ofhis religious communities (for whom he composed•Meditations on the Gospel and Uplifting ofthe Soul on the Mysteries), and entered on endlesspolemics with EUies du Pin, CaiTaro, F^nelon, theProbabilists. Richard Simon and the 1700, his health began to fail, which, however,did not prevent him from wrestling in defence ofthe Faith. Confined to his bed by illness, he dictatedletters and polemical essays to his secretary. says, he died fighting. A list and criticism of Bossuets chief works will befound in the following appreciation, by the late Fer-dinand Brunetiere. Out of one hundred and thirtyworks composed by Bossuet from 1653 to 1704,eighty were edited by himself, seven or eight by hisnephew, the Abb
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