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Sep 22, 2026

The Provincial Letters

Sep 22, 2026

Pensees

Sep 22, 2026

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Sep 22, 2026

Letter 18. Showing Still More Plainly, on the Authority of Father Annat Himself, that There is Really No Heresy in the Church, and that in Questions of Fact We Must Be Guided by Our Senses, and Not by Authority Even of the Popes

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 19

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 17. The Author of the Letters Vindicated from the Charge of Heresy—an Heretical Phantom—popes and General Councils Not Infallible in Questions of Fact

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 16

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 15. Showing that the Jesuits First Exclude Calumny from Their Catalogue of Crimes, and Then Employ it in Denouncing Their Opponents

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 14. In which the Maxims of the Jesuits on Murder Are Refuted from the Fathers—some of Their Calumnies Answered by the Way—and Their Doctrine Compared with the Forms Observed in Criminal Trials

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 13. The Doctrine of Lessius on Homicide the Same with that of Valentia—how Easy it is to Pass from Speculation to Practice—why the Jesuits Have Recourse to This Distinction, and How Little it Serves for Their Vindication

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 12

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 11. Ridicule a Fair Weapon When Employed Against Absurd Opinions—rules to Be Observed in the Use of This Weapon—the Profane Buffoonery of Fathers Le Moine and Garasse

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 10. Palliatives Applied by the Jesuits to the Sacrament of Penance, in Their Maxims Regarding Confession, Satisfaction, Absolution, Proximate Occasions of Sin, Contrition, and the Love of God

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 9. False Worship of the Virgin Introduced by the Jesuits—devotion Made Easy—their Maxims on Ambition, Envy, Gluttony, Equivocation, and Mental Reservations—female Dress—gaming—hearing Mass

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 8. Corrupt Maxims of the Casuists Relating to Judges—usurers—the Contract Mohatra—bankrupts—restitution—divers Ridiculous Notions of These Same Casuists

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 7. Method of Directing the Intention Adopted by the Casuists—permission to Kill in Defence of Honor and Property, Extended Even to Priests and Monks—curious Question Raised by Caramuel, as to Whether Jesuits May Be Allowed to Kill Jansenists

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 6

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 5

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 4

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 3

Sep 22, 2026

Reply of the Provincial to the First Two Letters

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 2

Sep 22, 2026

Letter 1. Disputes in the Sorbonne, and the Invention of Proximate Power—a Term Employed by the Jesuits to Procure the Censure of M. Arnauld

Sep 22, 2026

Section 14. Appendix: Polemical Fragments

Sep 22, 2026

Section 13. The Miracles

Sep 22, 2026

Section 12. Proofs of Jesus Christ

Sep 22, 2026

Section 11. The Prophecies

Sep 22, 2026

Section 10. Typology

Sep 22, 2026

Section 9. Perpetuity

Sep 22, 2026

Section 8. The Fundamentals of the Christian Religion

Sep 22, 2026

Section 7. Morality and Doctrine

Sep 22, 2026

Section 6. The Philosophers

Sep 22, 2026

Section 5. Justice and the Reason of Effects

Sep 22, 2026

Section 4. Of the Means of Belief

Sep 22, 2026

Section 3. Of the Necessity of the Wager

Sep 22, 2026

Section 2. The Misery of Man Without God

Sep 22, 2026

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The Provincial Letters

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Letter 18. Showing Still More Plainly, on the Authority of Father Annat Himself, that There is Really No Heresy in the Church, and that in Questions of Fact We Must Be Guided by Our Senses, and Not by Authority Even of the Popes

Letter 19

Letter 17. The Author of the Letters Vindicated from the Charge of Heresy—an Heretical Phantom—popes and General Councils Not Infallible in Questions of Fact

Letter 16

Letter 15. Showing that the Jesuits First Exclude Calumny from Their Catalogue of Crimes, and Then Employ it in Denouncing Their Opponents

Letter 14. In which the Maxims of the Jesuits on Murder Are Refuted from the Fathers—some of Their Calumnies Answered by the Way—and Their Doctrine Compared with the Forms Observed in Criminal Trials

Letter 13. The Doctrine of Lessius on Homicide the Same with that of Valentia—how Easy it is to Pass from Speculation to Practice—why the Jesuits Have Recourse to This Distinction, and How Little it Serves for Their Vindication

Letter 12

Letter 11. Ridicule a Fair Weapon When Employed Against Absurd Opinions—rules to Be Observed in the Use of This Weapon—the Profane Buffoonery of Fathers Le Moine and Garasse

Letter 10. Palliatives Applied by the Jesuits to the Sacrament of Penance, in Their Maxims Regarding Confession, Satisfaction, Absolution, Proximate Occasions of Sin, Contrition, and the Love of God

Letter 9. False Worship of the Virgin Introduced by the Jesuits—devotion Made Easy—their Maxims on Ambition, Envy, Gluttony, Equivocation, and Mental Reservations—female Dress—gaming—hearing Mass

Letter 8. Corrupt Maxims of the Casuists Relating to Judges—usurers—the Contract Mohatra—bankrupts—restitution—divers Ridiculous Notions of These Same Casuists

Letter 7. Method of Directing the Intention Adopted by the Casuists—permission to Kill in Defence of Honor and Property, Extended Even to Priests and Monks—curious Question Raised by Caramuel, as to Whether Jesuits May Be Allowed to Kill Jansenists

Letter 6

Letter 5

Letter 4

Letter 3

Reply of the Provincial to the First Two Letters

Letter 2

Letter 1. Disputes in the Sorbonne, and the Invention of Proximate Power—a Term Employed by the Jesuits to Procure the Censure of M. Arnauld

Section 14. Appendix: Polemical Fragments

Section 13. The Miracles

Section 12. Proofs of Jesus Christ

Section 11. The Prophecies

Section 10. Typology

Section 9. Perpetuity

Section 8. The Fundamentals of the Christian Religion

Section 7. Morality and Doctrine

Section 6. The Philosophers

Section 5. Justice and the Reason of Effects

Section 4. Of the Means of Belief

Section 3. Of the Necessity of the Wager

Section 2. The Misery of Man Without God

Section 1. Thoughts on Mind and on Style