Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform

Autor

Alison Forrestal

Editura

Oxford University Press

An publicare

2017

Nr. Pagini

336

ISBN

9780198785767

Categorii

Istorie Științe Umaniste Stiinte Istorie Regionala Si Nationala Istoria Europei

Descriere

A major reassessment of the thought and activities of the key figure of the seventeenth-century French Catholic Reformation, Vincent de Paul, exploring how he formed a congregation of secular missionaries, the Lazarists, who were responsible for the delivery of missions, formation and training of clergy, and promotion of confraternal welfare.