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Christ's Resurrection an Image of our New Life

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Messiah's Throne




MASSILLON

THE SMALL NUMBER OF THE ELECT

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE


Jean Baptiste Massillon was born in 1663, at Hyères, in Provence,
France. He first attracted notice as a pulpit orator by his funeral
sermons as the Archbishop of Vienne, which led to his preferment from
his class of theology at Meaux to the presidency of the Seminary
of Magloire at Paris. His conferences at Paris showed remarkable
spiritual insight and knowledge of the human heart. He was a favorite
preacher of Louis XIV and Louis XV, and after being appointed bishop
of Clermont in 1719 he was also nominated to the French Academy. In
1723 he took final leave of the capital and retired to his see, where
he lived beloved by all until his death in 1742.