The Spirit of Christianity
Or the Conformity of the Christian With Jesus Christ (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Spirit of Christianity: Or the Conformity of the Christian With Jesus Christ

The author of the following treatise was born at St. Malo, on the northern coast of France, in the year 1639. At the age of fifteen years he entered the Society of Jesus, in which, during his long and useful career, he filled many responsible and honorable positions. As a Professor of Philosophy, he was particularly successful, - his clearness of mental vision enabled him to pierce the obscurities of that science, and his simplicity of style placed his elucidation of the most abstruse problems within the comprehension of the youngest of his scholars. Conspicuous as were his intellectual abilities, they were outshone by the spiritual gifts which gave to his. ministrations in the pulpit, and in the confessional, a wonderful success. He died while Rector of the College of Rennes, early in the year 1708.

From the day of their publication, the spiritual works of Father Nepveu have enjoyed a wide-spread popularity. They have been translated into most of the European languages; but the following treatise is (so far as the translator knows) the first of Father Nepveu's writings yet translated into the English tongue.

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