Memoirs of Philippe de Mornay

regarding them, we must say two or three words more. They contain a very pleasant mixture of various letters and discourses, concerning the affairs of both Religion and the State, which occurred in those times. Among the first is found that famous conference that Monsieur du Plessis held at Fontainebleau in the year 1600, in the presence of the King and the entire Court, with the Bishop of Evreux, later Cardinal du Perron Jacques Davy du Perron was a former Protestant turned Catholic prelate and a master of rhetoric. The "disgrace" refers to Du Plessis-Mornay being outmaneuvered during a public debate on alleged errors in his writings, an event Henry IV used to signal his commitment to Catholicism.; where in truth he received a great disgrace; but this must not be attributed to the weakness of his cause, but to the resolution that the King, desiring to please the Pope, had taken to make him fail at whatever cost. Then follows the conspiracy of Marshal de Biron, the defenses of Monsieur de Bouillon whom they wished to involve in it, the National Synods of Gap and La Rochelle, the plan to add an article concerning the Antichrist In the early 17th century, many French Protestants sought to officially include the belief that the Pope was the Antichrist into their formal Confession of Faith, a move that caused significant diplomatic tension. to the Confession of the Reformed Churches, the excommunication of the Venetians by Pope Paul V, the dispute over the succession of the Duke of Cleves, and other things that happened during the reign of Henry IV.

Following this, the regency of Queen Marie de Medici, the movements of the Princes that troubled it, the Political Assembly of those of the Reformed Religion original: "ceux de la religion"; a standard contemporary phrase for the Huguenots. held at Saumur, those of Grenoble and Nismes, and the Estates of the Realm The "Estates General," a legislative and consultative assembly of the three classes of French society. convened at Paris in the year 1615. Above all, there appears the care that Monsieur du Plessis took to maintain harmony in religion among the Protestants, not only within the Kingdom—quieting the quarrel that arose between Messieurs Tilenus and du Moulin—but also abroad, giving several beneficial pieces of advice to prevent the schism that has since occurred in Holland, regarding the dispute over Predestination Refers to the Synod of Dort and the conflict between the Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants in the Netherlands.. Likewise original: "Item", how much he distinguished himself in the assembly of notables convened by the King at Rouen in the year 1618; the fervor with which he worked to quiet the dissensions that arose on the occasion of the Ecclesiastical property in Bearn, and the Assembly of La Rochelle in the year 1620, held against the King’s will; which in the end gave birth to the civil wars