1773 GUIDE TO SPIRITUAL LIFE CHRISTIAN RELIGION JESUIT BOURDALOUE ANTIQUE BOOK

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"Sermons du Père Bourdaloue, de la Compagnie de Jésus , pour les Dimanches". Tome troisième (Volume III). Published/printed by J.F. Bassompierre Fils in Liege during the year MDCCLXXIII (1773). Contents: Pour les Dimanches après la Pentecôte; Sur la Tempérance Chrétienne, Sur l'Hypocrisie, Sur l'Aumône, Sur les Remords de la conscience, Sur l'Etat de vie et le soin de s'y perfectionner, Sur la Médisance, Sur la Charité du prochain, Sur la Confession, Sur l'éloignement et la fuite du Monde, Sur la Crainte de la Mort , Table et Abrege des Sermons. Leather binding. Gilt ornaments on spine. Text in french. 412 pages, 17 x 10.5 x 3 cm. Fair/good condition there is some inner binding issues and ware to the cover and spine, refer to pics. It is still all together and not split. The pages are overall in good to very good condition with minimal spotting and water damage. refer to all pics.Note: Louis Bourdaloue ( 1632- 1704) was a French Jesuit and preacher. At the age of sixteen he entered the Society of Jesus , and was appointed successively professor of rhetoric, philosophy and moral theology , in various Jesuit colleges. His strength lay in his power of adapting himself to audiences of every kind. His influence was reportedly due as much to his character and his manners as to the force of his reasoning. Voltaire said that his sermons read more