Les Provinciales, ou, Lettres écrites par Louis de Montalte à un provincial de ses amis : Avec les notes de Guillaume Wendrock [i.e. P. Nicole] traduites [from the Latin] en français [by F. M. de Joncoux.] Nouvelle édition ... augmentée. [With plates.]
Pascal, Blaise,1623-1662.
Guillaume Wendrock is the pseudonym of the Jansenist Pierre Nicole. Translation of Nicole's notes by Mlle. de Joncoux.
Written by Blaise Pascal in defense of Antoine Arnauld, an opponent of the Jesuits and a defender of Jansenism who was on trial before the faculty of theology in Paris for his controversial religious works. The letters deal with with divine grace and the ethical code of the Jesuits. Written in 1656-1657. First published as "Les provinciales" in March 1657. Cf. Encyclodaedia britannica online. 21 Aug. 2006.
Jesuits
Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey)
Grace (Theology)
Jansenists
Les Provinciales, ou lettres écrites ... à un provincial ... et aux RR. PP. Jésuites. Avec les notes de G. Wendrock [i.e. P. Nicole] traduites [from the Latin] en français [by F. M. de Joncoux.] Nouvelle édition ... augmentée. [With plates.]
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