like petit-didier, bossuet would not admit that any of the greek or latin fathers differed from st. augustine on the subject of grace, nor that this matter could be called subtle, delicate, and abstract. between dupin and bossuet there was a still wider difference and bossuet wrote, "the liberty m. dupin takes of so harshly condemning the greatest men of the church should, in general, not be tolerated". on the other hand, bossuet strongly contended that heretics could not be too severely dealt with: "it is dangerous to call attention to passages that manifest the firmness of these people without also indicating wherein this firmness has been overrated: otherwise they are credited with a moral steadfastness which elicits sympathy and leads to their being excused". dupin submitted, but was nevertheless condemned by the archbishop of paris (14 april 1696).