The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales (Illustrated)

— A Classic — Includes Active Table of Contents — Includes Religious Illustrations

THE BEGINNING OF the seventeenth century found France, in fact all of Europe, unnerved by the Wars of the League; a great majority of the faithful were driven to despair by two spiritual evils. There had been so much suffering that many men and women readily believed that God took no interest in human affairs. How obvious the setting was for the cold philosophy of Montaigne!

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