The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1601–1700
3 works
written c. 1592–1608; published 1609
French
Benet of Canfield · 1562–1610
The will of God in three degrees — exterior, interior, and essential — taught by an English Capuchin who directed much of the French spiritual revival.
1623
French
Pierre de Bérulle · 1575–1629
A christocentric spirituality of adoration and self-abasement before the incarnate Word, with the human person defined by its capacity to be possessed by God.
c. 1650–1657
French
Jean-Jacques Olier · 1608–1657
The spirituality of the Sulpician seminaries — adoration of the Word, union with Jesus, and a method of prayer taught to generations of French priests.
3 of 1774 works