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JOHN FLETCHER

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A missionary and theologian, b. at Ormskirk, England, of an old Catholic family;
educated at Douai and afterwards at St. Gregory's, Paris; d. about 1848. After
ordination to the priesthood he became a professor at the College of St-Omer, of
which his great-uncle, Rev. William Wilkinson, had been president. When the
French Revolution broke out he was taken prisoner with the other collegians and
spent many months in captivity at Arras and Dourlens. After they were released
in 1795 he returned to England and acted as priest first at Hexham, then at
Blackburn, and finally at Weston Underwood (1827), the seat of the
Throckmortons. Having acted for a time as chaplain to the dowager Lady
Throckmorton he took charge of Leamington Mission (1839-1844). He removed thence
to Northampton in 1844 and resigned, owing to his great age, in 1848, after
which his name does not appear in the "Catholic Directory", though his death is
not therein recorded. Dr. Fletcher's works are: "Sermons on various Religious
and Moral Subjects for all the Sundays after Pentecost" (2 vols., 1812, 1821),
the introduction is "An Essay on the Spirit of Controversy", also published
separately; "The Catholic's Manual", translated from Bossuet with a commentary
and notes (1817, 1829); "Thoughts on the Rights and Prerogatives of Church and
State, with some observations upon the question of Catholic Securities" (1823);
"A Comparative View of the Grounds of the Catholic and Protestant Churches"
(1826), "The Catholic's Prayerbook", compiled from a manuscript drawn up in 1813
by Rev. Joseph Berington; "The Prudent Christian; or Considerations on the
Importance and Happiness of Attending to the Care of Our Salvation" (1834); "The
Guide to the True Religion" (1836); "Transubstantiation: a Letter to the Lord--"
(1836); "On the Use of the Bible"; "The Letters of Fénelon, with Illustrations"
(1837); "A Short Historical View of the Rise, Progress and Establishment of the
Anglican Church" (1843). He translated Blessed Edmund Campion's "Decem Rationes"
(1827); de Maistre's "Letters on the Spanish Inquisition" (1838); and Fénelon's
"Reflections for Every Day of the Month" (1844). He also brought out an edition
of "My Motives for Renouncing the Protestant Religion" by Antonio de Dominis
(1828).


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APA citation. Burton, E. (1909). John Fletcher. In The Catholic Encyclopedia.
New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06101c.htm

MLA citation. Burton, Edwin. "John Fletcher." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6.
New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06101c.htm>.



Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. September 1, 1909. Remy Lafort,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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