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The Correspondence of Bossuet and Leibniz, under the auspices of Lewis the XIVth, for the Reunion of the Lutheran Protestants to the Roman Catholic Church.
This correspondence forms one of the most interesting events in the life of Bossuet; the letters, of which it consists, and the other written documents, which relate to it, are highly interesting. We shall attempt to present our readers with a short account-
1st. Of the circumstances which led to this correspondence;
2ndly. Of the Project of Reunion, delivered by Molanus, a Lutheran Divine, and Bossuet’s sentiments on that Project;
3dly. Of the intervention of Leibniz in the negotiation; and
4thly. Of the Project suggested by Bossuet, and the principal reasons, by which he contended for its reception.