The Missions and Missionaries of California

Author:   Zephyrin Engelhardt
Publisher:   General Books LLC
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9781458890887


Pages:   494
Publication Date:   02 August 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: efforts remain fruitless. He directs the attention of the friars to the declaration of enlightened missionaries in the past, to the decisions of Councils and of a General Chapter of the Order, and even to royal decrees. Furthermore Fr. Sarria quotes the instructions of a former bishop of the diocese, and frankly tells them that the only means to attain the purposes of the missionary establishments is the study of the language of the Indians.7 In his exhortation he urges the Fathers to compose or perfect catechisms in the dialect of their respective missions, and quotes Pope Benedict XIV. who declared that such catechisms must contain acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity, which two of his Constitutions make it obligatory to recite in the vernacular on all Sundays and feast days. Fr. Sarria then goes on to show how this can best be done at the various missions Signature of Fr. Vicente Francisco de Sarria. with old and young, and insists that the old people, who cannot come to the church, should be instructed in their own language individually at their homes. This is a burden, the Fr. Comisario concedes, but we absolutely cannot throw it from us. The duty of pastors is not to look after the strong only, but after the weak and feeble, says St. Francis de Sales quoting St. Bernard. The zealous Father reverts to the subject again and again, and justly declares that the Indian cannot grasp the truths when they are imparted to him in a language not his own. Articles fifteen to twenty-five deal with the manner of 7 que el linico medio para lograr los fines de nuestra mision es el estudio de la lengua de los Indios. See appendix A. leading the neophytes to make their confessions, and he deplores the observation that some missions are backward on this point. Articles twenty-...

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Author:   Zephyrin Engelhardt
Publisher:   General Books LLC
Imprint:   General Books LLC
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.719kg
ISBN:  

9781458890887


ISBN 10:   1458890880
Pages:   494
Publication Date:   02 August 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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