See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• LOUIS BOURDALOUE (1632-1704)

BOURDALOUE (1632-1704)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Jesuit and preacher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BOURGES

Bourges on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1632 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of sixteen he entered the Society of Jesus, and was appointed successively See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric, See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and moral See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, in various colleges of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order . His success as a preacher in the provinces determined his superiors to See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call him to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1669 to occupy for a See also:

• YEAR

year the See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis . Owing to his eloquence he was speedily ranked in popular estimation with See also:

• CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606–1684)
• CORNEILLE, THOMAS (1625-1709)

Corneille, See also:

• RACINE
• RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
• RACINE, LOUIS (1692-1763)

Racine, and the other leading figures of the most brilliant See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of Louis XIV.'s reign . He preached at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles during the See also:

• ADVENT (Lat. Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, " the coming of the Saviour ")

Advent of 167o and the See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

Lent of 1672, and was subsequently called again to deliver the Lenten course of sermons in 1674, 1675, 168o and 1682, and the Advent sermons of 1684, 1689 and 1693 . This was all the more noteworthy as it was the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom never to call the same preacher more than three times to court . On the revocation of the See also:

• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

Edict of See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes he was sent to See also:

• LANGUEDOC

Languedoc,to confirm the new converts in the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic faith, and he had extraordinary success in this delicate See also:

• MISSION

mission . Catholics and Protestants were unanimous in praising his fiery eloquence in the Lent sermons which he preached at See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier in 1686 . Towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his See also:

• LIFE

life he confined his See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry to charitable institutions, hospitals and prisons, where his sympathetic discourses and conciliatory See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners were always effective . He died in Paris on the 13th of May 1704 . His See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar strength See also:

• LAY

lay in his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of adapting himself to audiences of every See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, and throughout his public career he was highly appreciated by all classes of society . His See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was due as much to his saintly See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and to the gentleness of his manners as to the force of his reasoning .

See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire said that his sermons surpassed those of See also:

• BOSSUET, JAQUES BENIGNE (1627-1704)

Bossuet (whose retirement in 1669, however, practically coincided with See also:

• BOURDALOUE, LOUIS (1632-1704)

Bourdaloue's See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early pulpit utterances); and there is little doubt that their simplicity and coherence, and the See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• APPEAL

appeal which they made to hearers of all classes, gave them' a superiority over the more profound sermons of Bossuet . Bourdaloue may be with See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice regarded as one of the greatest French orators, and many of his sermons have been adopted as See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books in See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . L'Eloquence de Bourdaloue," in Revue See also:

• DES

des deux mondes (August 1904), a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general inquiryinto the authenticity of the sermons and their general characteristics .