A Catholic woman and the Bible ( Une catholique devant la bible)
This book is a religious biography where M.C. attempts to understand the evolution of her faith and how she came to be associated to the crusade for Bible reading for Catholics.
Her early years of religious formation with the Benedictine nuns near Grenoble:
Daily reading and meditation
Saturday reading and explanations of the Sunday mass readings. Also learn the gospel by heart.
She keeps her bible by herself, becomes very familiar with the Bible, reads it constantly, reaches a familiarity with the scriptures that open themselves to a fuller understanding.
Later when she starts her Bible readings,
First step, reading of the psalms
Then the Old Testament in conjunction with the New Testament
Friday, August 28, 2009
The Reign of Fear (Le regne de la peur)
The Reign of Fear (Le regne de la peur).
This book was published in 1936. The social and political context of the time is the cause of widespread fears. There was the civil war in Spain and the Italian conquests of Ethiopia and Lybia and all kind of tensions in the Far East. On the home front, the social turmoil.
Fear is linked to hatred.
For Madeleine Chasles, Satan exists and is at work.
Satan foments wars and hatred between social classed and nations.
This book was published in 1936. The social and political context of the time is the cause of widespread fears. There was the civil war in Spain and the Italian conquests of Ethiopia and Lybia and all kind of tensions in the Far East. On the home front, the social turmoil.
Fear is linked to hatred.
For Madeleine Chasles, Satan exists and is at work.
Satan foments wars and hatred between social classed and nations.
War and the Bible (La Guerre et la Bible)
War and the Bible (La guerre et la bible)
This book was written during the phoney war(the “joke of a war”) before Germany invasion’s of France in May 1940.
Madeleine Chasles replaces wars in their eschatological context. The first war started with the fight between God and the fallen angels and the last war wil Harmageddon after which war will be abolished.
Mankind is condemned to levy wars.
Wars are the logical consequence of a devious mind, of no love, of hatred, of seeking monetary rewards only.
Wars always have existed, only a few years of peace in the last 3000 years, and it will continue to plague the world. She notes that Jesus Christ was born at a time of relative peace under Roman occupation. God does not will war and the Bible is not a war book. The Bible is a book of Peace.
Learn to read the bible as an incentive to strengthen peace.
God uses wars to punish and educate.
M.C. reviews the main wars described in the bible
They are proofs that God is actively involved in human history.
M.C. tackles the difficult question of the brutalities committed in the name of God, specifically the killing of women and children once the Canaanites cities had been conquered and it always ended with a massacre. M.C. kind of justify the massacre because of the horrors committed in those cities, child sacrifices etc… it was important to cleanse the area and ensure the new religion’s survival.
There are constant references to the international context, the brutal invasion of Poland and Finland, the civil war in Spain and the occupation of Erythrea. No less than 35 wars in the previous 25 years.
She mentions the names of Hitler and Staline as the two dangerous great men of the time.
She draws parallels with the Apocalypse and its description of the battles.
This book was written during the phoney war(the “joke of a war”) before Germany invasion’s of France in May 1940.
Madeleine Chasles replaces wars in their eschatological context. The first war started with the fight between God and the fallen angels and the last war wil Harmageddon after which war will be abolished.
Mankind is condemned to levy wars.
Wars are the logical consequence of a devious mind, of no love, of hatred, of seeking monetary rewards only.
Wars always have existed, only a few years of peace in the last 3000 years, and it will continue to plague the world. She notes that Jesus Christ was born at a time of relative peace under Roman occupation. God does not will war and the Bible is not a war book. The Bible is a book of Peace.
Learn to read the bible as an incentive to strengthen peace.
God uses wars to punish and educate.
M.C. reviews the main wars described in the bible
They are proofs that God is actively involved in human history.
M.C. tackles the difficult question of the brutalities committed in the name of God, specifically the killing of women and children once the Canaanites cities had been conquered and it always ended with a massacre. M.C. kind of justify the massacre because of the horrors committed in those cities, child sacrifices etc… it was important to cleanse the area and ensure the new religion’s survival.
There are constant references to the international context, the brutal invasion of Poland and Finland, the civil war in Spain and the occupation of Erythrea. No less than 35 wars in the previous 25 years.
She mentions the names of Hitler and Staline as the two dangerous great men of the time.
She draws parallels with the Apocalypse and its description of the battles.
List of Books of Madeleine Chasles
• Une catholique devant la bible (1936)
• La joie par la bible (1938)
• Les puissances du monde a venir
• Voici , Je viens
• Pour lire la Bible
• Pour lire l’Evangile (1949)
• La guerre et la bible (1940)
• Le regne de la peur (1937)
• Celui qui revient (1936)
• La bible et les jeunes
• Le temps de la patience
• De la bête a Dieu
• Un petrifie vivant, Pierre Nicolet
• Israel et les nations (Raymond Chasles)
. A la recherche de la vraie religion
• La joie par la bible (1938)
• Les puissances du monde a venir
• Voici , Je viens
• Pour lire la Bible
• Pour lire l’Evangile (1949)
• La guerre et la bible (1940)
• Le regne de la peur (1937)
• Celui qui revient (1936)
• La bible et les jeunes
• Le temps de la patience
• De la bête a Dieu
• Un petrifie vivant, Pierre Nicolet
• Israel et les nations (Raymond Chasles)
. A la recherche de la vraie religion
Short Biography of Madeleine Chasles
o Born 1890 in a military family.
o From 1897 to 1905, intern in the convent of the sacred heart of St Fleury near Grenoble
o In 1905, the family moves to Paris as Madeleine’s father, Capitaine Defontaine is appointed second in command of the War College (Ecole de Guerre)
o Madeleine announces to her family her intention to become a nun. Dissuaded by family
o Madeleine meets Raymond Chasles, a scholar, linguist and graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes
o Madeleine and Raymond Chasles are married on June 27th, 1911 in Paris
o Both enjoy a very busy social life
o In 1914, Raymond is enlisted as Russian interpreter at the Press Bureau
o Madeleine works as a nurse in the Val-de -Grace military hospital until 1915.
o Physically and mentally exhausted she turns to studying Art History
o At that time she rekindles her interest in bible studies and visits Chartres several times.
o In 1917, Madeleine experiences a mystical illumination during all saint week
o Experiences doubt and spiritual suffering for six years
o Madeleine organizes study groups (Cercle d’Etudes) for young catholic women.
o In the early twenties meets Pierre Nicolet who is totally paralized
o In 1928, visit of Palestine
o 1934, Madeleine joins the Saint Paul Society which promotes bible reading.
o Series of conferences by her husband on the bible.(standing room only)
o Spent the second world war in Loges en Josas near Paris and also in the countryside.
o Exact date of death unknown (probably late sixties)
o From 1897 to 1905, intern in the convent of the sacred heart of St Fleury near Grenoble
o In 1905, the family moves to Paris as Madeleine’s father, Capitaine Defontaine is appointed second in command of the War College (Ecole de Guerre)
o Madeleine announces to her family her intention to become a nun. Dissuaded by family
o Madeleine meets Raymond Chasles, a scholar, linguist and graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes
o Madeleine and Raymond Chasles are married on June 27th, 1911 in Paris
o Both enjoy a very busy social life
o In 1914, Raymond is enlisted as Russian interpreter at the Press Bureau
o Madeleine works as a nurse in the Val-de -Grace military hospital until 1915.
o Physically and mentally exhausted she turns to studying Art History
o At that time she rekindles her interest in bible studies and visits Chartres several times.
o In 1917, Madeleine experiences a mystical illumination during all saint week
o Experiences doubt and spiritual suffering for six years
o Madeleine organizes study groups (Cercle d’Etudes) for young catholic women.
o In the early twenties meets Pierre Nicolet who is totally paralized
o In 1928, visit of Palestine
o 1934, Madeleine joins the Saint Paul Society which promotes bible reading.
o Series of conferences by her husband on the bible.(standing room only)
o Spent the second world war in Loges en Josas near Paris and also in the countryside.
o Exact date of death unknown (probably late sixties)
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