Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715

Item 1 - [01] Fenelon

First Lines:  "Le 'miracle' feneloneur

Sub-Type:  Notes

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Copy Type:  Holograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  3

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Language:  English

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - [02] Life of Mme Guyon

First Lines:  Trans by T.T. Allen. (Bengal Civil Service - retired). London 1898. Guyon - a "forerunner of the

Sub-Type:  Notes

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Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

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Language:  English

Notes:  Jeanne Guyon

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 3 - [03] Fenelon. Letter to Louis XIV - ever sent?

First Lines:  1) Was taught by a courtier to be an autocrat.

Sub-Type:  Notes

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 4 - [04] Bossuet. 1627-1704.

First Lines:  Studied under Jesuits and influenced by St Vincent de Paul - court preacher - member of Academy -

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 5 - [05] Descartes.

First Lines:  b. 1596. studied under Jesuits. Dream (Nov. 10, 1619) of uniting all sciences in one

Sub-Type:  Notes

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 6 - [06] Descartes - Maritain

First Lines:  The sin of D. is the sin of angelism. "angelist psychology" p 61.

Sub-Type:  Notes

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Notes:  Three Reformers: Luther, Descartes, Rousseau by Jacques Maritain.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 7 - [07] Spirituality of Fenelon. DS.

First Lines:  Importance of seeing his spirituality agst background of his character. impov. aristocrat - in age

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 8 - [08] Fenelon

First Lines:  Pure love - God pure love because no proprietorship. Creature - by nature proprietary. We are impure

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 9 - [09] Fenelon - principles of direction

First Lines:  1) Not the same message for all - pure love is for the more advanced. 2) Not getting ahead of grace

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Number of pages:  2

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Language:  English

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 10 - [10] Fenelon

First Lines:  "The character of the Archbishop of Canterbury is so well known and established that 'its needless

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 11 - [11] The Discredit of Fenelon and the Credit of Bossuet

First Lines:  1) an "official" French 19th century position. The "French spirit" demanded the discredit of F.

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 12 - [12] Fenelon - Letters

First Lines:  True abandonment simply means letting oneself fall into the arms of God as a child falls into the

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Number of pages:  3

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 13 - [13] Fenelon - DS.

First Lines:  b. 1651 in Perigord. Studied under Jesuits at Cahors, then Sem. of Saint-Sulpice in Paris under

Sub-Type:  Notes

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Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  2

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Language:  English

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Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6