In his earlier controversies, he had borne himself with great magnanimity, and the Huguenot ministers he refuted had found him a kindly advocate at court. His approval of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes stopped far short of approving dragonnades within his Diocese of Meaux, but now his patience was waning. A dissertation by one Father Caffaro, an obscure Italian monk, became his excuse for writing certain, violent Maximes sur la comédie (1694), wherein he made an attack on the memory of Molière, dead more than twenty years.
in his earlier controversies he had borne himself with great magnanimity and the huguenot ministers he refuted had found him a kindly advocate at court his approval of the revocation of the edict of nantes stopped far short of approving dragonnades within his diocese of meaux but now his patience was waning a dissertation by one father caffaro an obscure italian monk became his excuse for writing certain violent maximes sur la comédie (1694) wherein he made an attack on the memory of molière dead more than twenty years