Author: Charles B. ParisPublisher: Tournay [Belgium] : Desclée ; Montréal : Bellarmin
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Catholic Reform of XVIIth-century France called "L'École française" became normative for much of Catholicism well into the XXth century. The main thrust of this reform was both mystical and pastoral. It is the latter aspect that is studied in this book. Catechisms and sermons became the primary instruments of popular religious education and reform. They reflected both the theological and structural options of the Church. They formed the "ordinary" Catholic's values and attitudes toward marriage and its components: man, woman, children, love and sexuality. In the third quarter of the twentieth century these attitudes seem stringent. They were for the XVIIth century consequences of a much needed and lasting reform. The author's aim has been to study the origins of a religious mentality.