Glaubens-Bekenntnis des Herrn Franz Maria Arouet von Voltaire, Herr zu Ferney, Tourney, Pregny und Chambesy
Subtitle: Nebst vorgesetzten dazu gehörigen Stücken
Published: 1769
Place of publication: Frankfurt; Leipzig
Language: ger
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Correspondence; Religion; Spurious and doubtful works; French Authors
Description: Includes 5 letters between Voltaire and Jean Pierre Biord, Bishop of Annecy-Geneva, Apr. 11-May 2, 1768, beginning with the bishop's rebuke of Voltaire's impiety at Easter, and a letter to Biord from Louis Phelypeaux, comte de Saint-Florentin, June 13, 1768.

Besides the correspondence, contains a certificate concerning Voltaire's philanthropic activities in Ferney, dated April 28, 1768, inserted between Voltaire's letter of April 29, which mentions it, and Biord's third letter; Voltaire's request to the curate of Ferney, dated Mar. 30, 1769, to receive communion in his domicile because of the state of his health; declarations of Mar. 31 and Apr. 1, 1769, on his having received the communion; and a document titled in the original "Profession de foi de M. de Voltaire," dated April 15, 1769, falsely ascribed to Voltaire by the curate of Ferney, Pierre Gros. See BN/BnF (cited above); Bengesco, G. Voltaire, t. 3, page 49.
Notes: Title vignette (portrait of Voltaire)

Letters between Voltaire and Jean Pierre Biord, Bishop of Annecy, Apr. 11 to May 2, 1768, beginning with the bishop's rebuke of Voltaire's impiety at Easter; followed by Voltaire's confession of faith, 1769.

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts, VD18 15336999, VD18 10554262
Table of contents: title: Brief des B[ischofs] von A[nnecy] an den Herrn von V[oltaire], vom 11. April 1768; title: Antwort des Herrn von V[oltaire], vom 15. April 1768; title: II. Brief des B[ischofs] von A[nnecy] an den Hrn. von V[oltaire], vom 25. April 1768; title: Antwort des Herrn von V[oltaire], vom 29. April 1768; title: [Certificate concerning Voltaire's philanthropic activities in Ferney]; title: III. Brief des B[ischofs] von A[nnecy] an den Herrn von V[oltaire], vom 2. Maj 1768; title: Brief des Herrn Grafen von St. F[lorentin] an den B[ischof] von A[nnecy], vom 13. Junius, 1768; title: Uebersetzung des Glaubens-Bekenntnisses des Herrn von Voltaire, 1769.