Today marks the death of Bishop Francois Fenelon, and the following is taken from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library:\n
Fran\u00e7ois de Salignac de la Motte-F\u00e9nelon was born at F\u00e9nelon Castle in P\u00e9rigord. F\u00e9nelon studied at the seminary Saint-Sulpice in Paris, where he was ordained as a priest. F\u00e9nelon published his pedagogical work Trait\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e9ducation des filles (Treatise on the Education of Girls) in 1681, which brought him much attention, not only in France, but abroad as well. At this time, he met Jacques B\u00e9nigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, who soon became his patron and through whose influence F\u00e9nelon was contracted by Louis XIV to carry out the re-conversion of the Hugenots in the provinces of Saintonge and Poitou in 1686 and was appointed in 1689 as educator of his grandson and potential successor, the Duc de Bourgogne. Because of this position, he gained much influence at the court. He was inducted into the Acad\u00e9mie Fran\u00e7aise in 1693 and named Archbishop of Cambrai in 1695. During his time as the educator and teacher of the Duke, F\u00e9nelon wrote several entertaining and educational works, including the extensive novel Les Aventures de T\u00e9l\u00e9maque, fils d\u2019Ulysse (The Adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses<\/em>), which depicted the ideal of a wise king. When this novel began circulating anonymously among the court, having been fragmentarily published in 1699 without his knowledge, Louis XIV, who saw many criticisms of his absolutistic style of rule in T\u00e9l\u00e9maque, stopped the printing and banned F\u00e9nelon from court. F\u00e9nelon then retreated to his bishopric in Cambrai, where he remained active writing theological and political treatises until his death on January 17, 1715. In Church history, F\u00e9nelon is known especially for his part in the Quietism debate with his earlier patron Bossuet. In his work Explication des maximes des Saints sur la vie int\u00e9rieure<\/em> (Explanation of the Adages of the Saints on the Inner Life<\/em>) in 1697, he defended Madame du Guyon, the main representative of Quietistic mysticism. He provided proof that her \u201cheretical\u201d teachings could also be seen in recognized saints. In 1697, F\u00e9nelon called on the pope for a decision in the Quietism debate. After long advisement, the Pope banned the Explication in 1699. F\u00e9nelon complied with the pope\u2019s decision immediately and allowed the remaining copies of his book to be destroyed. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today marks the death of Bishop Francois Fenelon, and the following is taken from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Fran\u00e7ois de Salignac de la Motte-F\u00e9nelon was born at F\u00e9nelon Castle in P\u00e9rigord. F\u00e9nelon studied at the seminary Saint-Sulpice in Paris, where he was ordained as a priest. F\u00e9nelon published his pedagogical work Trait\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e9ducation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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