Note 147 — Chapter XXI · THE HEIGHT AND DECLINE OF THE BOURBON MONARCHY (continued 2)

[The enemies of the Jansenists obtained a decree from the king, interdicting a work entitled Réflections Morales sur le Nouveau Testament by Father Quesnel, which Cardinal de Noailles had already approved of. Clement XI launched the bull Unigenitus condemning one hundred and one propositions extracted from the Réflections Morales. Eight prelates headed by Noailles protested against the bull. The king’s confessor, Le Tellier, urged the king to have Noailles deposed. The affair dragged a long time at Rome. The king was about to bring the affair to his bed of justice when he fell ill.]