See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• BAPTISTE

BAPTISTE See also:

• MASSILLON
• JEAN BAPTISTE MASSILLON (1663-1742)

MASSILLON (1663-1742)  , See also:

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

French See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop and preacher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HYERES

Hyeres on the 24th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1663, his See also:

• FATHER

father being a royal See also:

• NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary of that See also:

• TOWN

town . At the See also:

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

age of eighteen he joined the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

Congregation of the See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

Oratory and taught for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in the colleges of his 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 at See also:

• PEZENAS

Pezenas, and See also:

• MONTBRISON

Montbrison and at the See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary of See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• HENRI

Henri de See also:

• VILLARS, CLAUDE LOUIS HECTOR DE, PRINCE DE

Villars, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of Vienne, in 1693, he was commissioned to deliver a funeral oration, and this was the beginning of his fame . In obedience to See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal de See also:

• NOAILLES

Noailles, archbishop of 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, he See also:

• LEFT

left the Cistercian See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of See also:

• SEPT

Sept-Fonds, to which he had retired, and settled in Paris, where he was placed at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the famous seminary of See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Magloire . He soon gained a wide reputation as a preacher and was selected to be the See also:

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

Advent preacher 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 in 1699 . He was made bishop of Clermont in 1717, and two years later was elected a member of the French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy . The last years of his See also:

• LIFE

life were spent in the faithful See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of his episcopal duties; his death took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at Clermont on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1742 . See also:

• MASSILLON
• MASSILLON, JEAN BAPTISTE (1663-1742)

Massillon enjoyed in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century a reputation equal to that of See also:

• BOSSUET, JAQUES BENIGNE (1627-1704)

Bossuet and of See also:

• BOURDALOUE, LOUIS (1632-1704)

Bourdaloue, and has been much praised by See also:

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

Voltaire, D'See also:

• ALEMBERT, JEAN LE ROND

Alembert and kindred See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits among the Encyclopaedists . His popularity was probably due to the fact that in his sermons he See also:

• LAYS

lays little stress on dogmatic questions, but treats generally of moral subjects, in which the secrets of the human See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart and the processes of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason are described with poetical feeling . He has usually been contrasted with his predecessor Bourdaloue, the latter having the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit of vigorous denunciation, Massillon that of See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle per-suasiveness . Besides the See also:

• PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

Petit See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

Car elite, a See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon which he delivered before the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king 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 XV. in 1718, his sermons on the Prodigal Son, on the small number of the elect, on death, for See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day, and for the See also:

• FOURTH

Fourth See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday in Advent, may be perhaps cited as his masterpieces . His funeral oration on Louis XIV. is only noted now for the opening See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence: " Dieu seul est See also:

• GRAND

grand." But in truth Massillon is singularly See also:

• FREE

free from inequality .

His See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

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

power, his reputation for benevolence, and his known See also:

• TOLERATION (from Lat. tolerare, to endure)

toleration and dislike of doctrinal disputes caused him to be much more favourably regarded than most churchmen by the philosophes of the 18th century . The first edition of Massillon's See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• WORKS

works was published by his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, also an Oratorian (Paris, 1745-1748), and upon this, in the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of See also:

• MSS

MSS., succeeding reprints were based . The best See also:

• MODERN

modern edition is that of the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe Blampignon (Paris, 1865-1868, 4 vols . ; new ed . 1886) . See Abbe Blampignon, Massillon, d'apres See also:

• DES

des documents inedits (Paris, 18i9); and L'Episcopat de Massillon d'apres des documents inedits, suivi de sa correspondance (Paris, 1884) ; F . Brunetiere L'Eloquencede Massillon " in Etudes critiques (Paris, 1882); Pere Ingold, L'Oratoire et le jansenisme au temps de Massillon (Paris, 1880) ; and Louis Petit de Julleville's Histoire de la langue et de la litterature francaise, v . 372-385 (Paris, 1898) .