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Henri Bremond
1865–1933
A French priest, literary critic, and historian of spirituality, Henri Bremond explored the deep connections between religious experience, poetry, and inner life. His monumental history of religious feeling in France made him one of the most distinctive voices of early twentieth-century French letters.
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Le bienheureux Thomas More : (1478-1535)
by Henri Bremond
About the author
Born in Aix-en-Provence on July 31, 1865, Henri Bremond entered the Society of Jesus at seventeen and was ordained a priest in 1892. He taught in several French cities and contributed to the Jesuit review Études before leaving the order in 1904 while remaining a priest. His early books focused on religion, spirituality, and important Christian thinkers, including John Henry Newman, Thomas More, and Fénelon.
Bremond devoted much of his life to Histoire littéraire du sentiment religieux en France, an ambitious study of French religious thought and writing that appeared in eleven volumes between 1916 and 1936. He later turned toward poetry and symbolism, writing influential essays such as La poésie pure and Prière et poésie, which examined the spiritual dimension of poetic expression. Elected to the Académie française in 1923, he died in Arthez-d’Asson on August 17, 1933.