Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (French: [bɔsɥɛ]; 27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French bishop and theologian. Renowned for his sermons, addresses...

Bossuet is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627–1704), French bishop and theologian, uncle of Louis...

used in a sermon by 17th-century French bishop and theologian Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet: The coinage of the phrase in its current form, however, is conventionally...

Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, the famous preacher who had been instrumental in his conversion, and changed his first name to that of Bossuet. Winsløw...

Hautoy. Bossuet's brother was Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1664–1743), abbot of Savigny, and he was nephew by his father to another Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, the...

with viols, and hymns, and songs." 17th-century French bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet called this episode the "humble entry … into Jerusalem". Life of...

Phillip 1911, p. 806. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1845). Sermons choisis de Bossuet. Sur le devoir des rois. Firmin-Didot. p. 219. bossuet sermons royalty. Romans...

weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear weak." — Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet "Do not listen to the reasoners; there has been too much reasoning...

sister, Vera Oumançoff, lived with Jacques and Raïssa for almost all their married life. At the Sorbonne, Jacques and Raïssa soon became disenchanted...

governor and was tutored by the great French preacher and orator Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, the Bishop of Meaux, seemingly without acceptable results. Philippe...