On Phoenician Letters

especially appointed by the councils, just as he instituted those for Greek and Hebrew. For these ends, providence has acted so that such a supreme prelate, both in letters and in morals, would have such influence with a supreme and most illustrious prince, and could obtain from him whatever he wished. Yet he would obtain nothing unless it were entirely similar to himself: holy, just, legitimate, and such that it might gradually lead the world to the origins of its own unity and principles. It is impossible for the world to be reconciled in any other way than by the benefit of language, and to be tamed and subdued by the most excellent victory (which is the victory of the reason of hearts), and to be returned to true reason. This observation, of the vow of the entire sacrosanct Christendom and expressed by the council, will provide a foundation for the Rheims academy, which you have been meditating upon for so long, that will endure forever. Divine providence has obtained for you the highest patronage of all the academies of Gaul from the supreme King, so that by prudence divinely [granted] and your own