[ Nicolas Pavillon] - Les instructions du rituel du diocese d'Alet - 1678

Les instructions du rituel du diocese d'Alet, - Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1678 - (14) 669 (9) pp - leather bound

Good. Some leather loss at the head of the spine, right hinge brittle, left hinge torn at the top and bottom up to the first rib. Interior pages discolored, some pages browning, here and there a spot. Some dog-ears.

An important work in 17th-century French church history. Nicolas Pavillon was one of the few bishops who openly sympathized with Jansenism (a strict, reform-minded movement within the Catholic Church).

His handbook and instructions for sacraments and liturgy stood out at the time for their strong pastoral, in-depth character and emphasis on moral strictness. The book at the time led to heated theological debates and conflicts with both papal authorities and the French king Louis XIV.

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