Francois de Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai, was born in 1555 at Grignan, in the diocese of Vienne, and died in 1611 at Paris. He was made archbishop of Cambrai and grand penitentiary to the Holy See in 1604. He is usually known as the author of The Spirit of the Liturgy (1687), for which he obtained a bull from Pope Innocent XII. Professor F
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J. Ewing says: "This treatise is his masterpiece." It consists of four parts: (1) "On the Christian Liturgy;" (2) "Against the Jansenists;" (3) "On Prayer;" and (4) "On Confirmation." The first part is in five books: Book I: "The Liturgy," in which the plan and meaning of the liturgy are explained in a very simple manner; Book II: "Of Confirmation," in which there is a clear explanation of the reasons for and against confirmation; Books III and IV, "Of Prayer," in which prayer is explained as it should be. He also wrote many theological works, especially on justification, predestination, and original sin, and theological commentaries on Scripture.