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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829. Excerpt: ... CHAP. IX. NUNS OF THE VISITATION.--DOCTRINE OF IMPLICIT OBEDIENCE.--POET ROYAL DE PARIS.--LETTERS OF M. DE ST. MARTHE, TO PORT ROYAL DES CHAMPS, AND TO THE ABBESS OF--We return from the exiled nuns to the bereft community of Port Royal. The abbess and nuns, who held the chief posts in the monasteries of Port Royal des Champs, and Port Royal de Paris, being seized, and temporarily imprisoned in the convents; that they might be induced by intimidation and hard usage, to give up the point in contest; the archbishop of Paris, it may be remembered, had resolved to send other nuns, of the visitation, of the convent of St. Mary, to fill up their places. This he did, partly to seduce the community of Port Royal into compliance by persuasion, or terrify them by authority; and partly to act as their jailers, and prevent the possibility of their drawing up any representation against this unjust and illegal usage, and to prevent the possibility even if drawn up, of such a document finding its way beyond the walls of the convent. Thus were the unfortunate nuns of Port Royal not only deprived of their own officers, but contrary to every rule; their archbishop attempted to compel them to submit to the government of nuns, not elected by their own community, which was necessary to their lawful establishment; but nuns whom it would have been wholly out of their power, had they been so inclined, to elect; as they were persons of a totally different religious rule. The nuns of Port Royal were bound therefore, to bear their testimony against this total infringement of their constitution. The strange nuns established themselves at first in the infirmary; where they only however spent a few days. For seeing they were there too remote to watch over the actions of the community, ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235598104
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 88
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235598101
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 172 gr

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