![]() ![]() ![]() 21-36, "it now seems almost impossible that the author was in fact the Jesuit Jean-Pierre de Caussade" as "nothing in de Caussade's biography would suggest that this man was the author of a famous treatise" and the style of letters of spiritual direction that can genuinely be attributed to de Caussade "is far removed from the lyricism" marking it. However, according to research on The Treatise on Abandonment to Divine Providence, discussed in a paper by Dominique Salin SJ, emeritus professor at the Faculty of Theology at the Centre S vres, published in The Way, 46/2 (Apr 2007), pp. Some material ascribed to him was first published in 1861 by Henri Rami re under the title " L'Abandon la providence divine". During this time and after he left Nancy, he wrote letters of instruction to the nuns. He was spiritual director to the Nuns of the Visitation in Nancy, France, from 1733 to 1740. Jean Pierre de Caussade Caussade was born in Cahors, now in Lot, France. He is especially known for the work ascribed to him, Abandonment to Divine Providence, and also his work with the Nuns of the Visitation in Nancy, France. Jean Pierre de Caussade (7 March 1675 - 8 December 1751) was a French Jesuit priest and writer. ![]()
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