The Life of Hugo Grotius: With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the NetherlandsButler, Charles
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The Life of Hugo Grotius: With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands
Butler, Charles
Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645; Netherlands -- History
"Among the divines of the Confession of Augsburg, I always placed
M. Molanus, in the first rank, as a man, whose learning, candour
and moderation made him one of the persons, the most capable I have
known, of advancing the NOBLE PROJECT OF REUNION. In a letter,
which I wrote to him some years ago, by the Count Balati, I assured
him, that, if he could obtain, the general consent of his party, to
what he calls, his Private Thoughts, _Cogitationes Privatæ_, I
promised myself, that, by joining to them, the remarks, which I
sent to him, on the Confession of Augsburg, and the other Symbolic
writings of the Protestants, the work of the Reunion would be
perfected, in all its most difficult and most essential points; so
that well disposed persons might, in a short time, bring it to a
conclusion."
The passage is so important, that it is proper to present it to the
reader in Bossuet's own words.
"Parmi les Théologiens de la Confession d'Ausbourg, j'ai toujours
mis, au premier rang, M. l'Abbé de Lokkum, comme un homme, dont le
sçavoir, la candeur, et la modération le rendolent un des plus
capables, que je connusse, pour avancer CE BEAU DESSEIN. Cela est
si véritable, que j'ai cru devoir assurer ce docte Abbé, dans la
réponse que je luis fis, il y a dejà, plusieurs années, par M. le
Comte Balati, que s'il pouvoit faire passer ce qu'il appelle ses
Pensées Particulières _Cogitationes Privatæ_, à un consentement
suffisent, je me promettois qu'en y joignant les remarques, que je
lui envoyois, sur la Confession d'Ausbourg, et les autres écrits
Symboliques des Protestans, l'ouvrage de la Réunion seroit achevé
dans ses parties les plus difficiles et les plus essentielles; en
sorte qu'il ne faudroit à des personnes bien disposées, que très
peu de tems pour la conclure[087]."
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