Author : Luigi Mezzadri CM
Release : 2012-12-14
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Vincentians: A General History of the Congregation of the Mission by : Luigi Mezzadri CM

Download or read book The Vincentians: A General History of the Congregation of the Mission written by Luigi Mezzadri CM. This book was released on 2012-12-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume begins with the dawn of the eighteenth century, and relates how the Congregation of the Mission, founded by St. Vincent de Paul, worked to remain faithful to his vision while adapting itself to the demands of ecclesiastical and political life in France, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Portugal, overseas missions in North Africa and the Mascarenes, as well as the missions taken up after the suppression of the Jesuits in the Middle East and China. Among other problems, the Missioners found themselves in the middle of fights over Jansenism, but tempered by the success of the canonization of Saint Vincent de Paul. This is an important, down-to-earth side of history not often told.