Claude Fleury (6 December 1640, Paris – 14 July 1723, Paris), was a French priest, jurist, and ecclesiastical historian.
Oct 28, 2024 · Claude Fleury was a French ecclesiastical historian and Cistercian abbot, who steered cleverly through contemporary doctrinal controversies.
French church historian. Born in Paris, son of a Normandy lawyer, he was educated in the Jesuit College of Clermont and began practicing law in 1658.
Claude Fleury
French priest and jurist
Claude Fleury, was a French priest, jurist, and ecclesiastical historian.
Destined for the bar, he was educated at the elite, Jesuit College de Clermont in Paris. In 1658 he was accepted as an attorney to the parlement of Paris, and for nine years... Wikipedia
Born: December 6, 1640, Paris, France
Died: July 14, 1723 (age 82 years), Paris, France
Books
A Short History of the Israelites: With an Account of Their Manners, Customs, Laws, Polity and Religion. ... Translated from the French of Abbé Fleury, ... by Ellis Farneworth, M.A.
An Historical Catechism Containing in Short The Sacred History and the Doctrines of Christianity: by Abbe Fleury ... Translated from the French, and Reformed for the Use of the Church of England. By a Clergyman
Fleury was a righteous, pious, universally respected pastor, a conscientious, devoted teacher, a talented and profound scholar and author.
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Biography: Ecclesiastical historian; elected at the Académie Française (1696). Confessor to Louis XV (q.v.) in 1716. Author of a 'Histoire ecclésiastique'.
Books · Image of The manners of the ancient Israelites · Image of Impunité - Tome 1: La nyctale (French Edition) · Image of The manners of the ancient Israelites.
A third edition in an attractive 19th-century binding of the influential work by the eminent French priest, historian and jurist Claude Fleury.
A thorough theological, historical, and anecdotal chronicle of the Catholic Church from the time of the Evangelists to 1595. A standard work, first published in ...