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Hyacinthe (Father Hyacinthe)

 
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Synopsis

Discourses On Various Occasions by Hyacinthe. This volume collects translated sermons and Notre Dame Conferences delivered by Father Hyacinthe, a prominent 19th-century Carmelite preacher noted for his eloquence and his perceived openness to liberal Catholic ideas. Translated by Leonard Woolsey Bacon, the book begins with prefatory material and a biographical sketch, then presents the Notre Dame Conferences on Christianity and the Family, Christianity and the Church, and related topics, including Civil Society in its Relations with Christianity, Sovereignty, Religion in the Life of Nations, The Higher Intercourse Between Nations, War, and Civilization, as well as sermons on peace and relief for the victims of natural disasters. Hyacinthe argues that God is the source of civil authority, that domestic life is the foundational unit of society, and that religion provides the moral framework for private virtue and public justice. He champions liberty of conscience, critiques personal or ecclesiastical authority when it undermines truth, and envisions a cosmopolitan Christian world shaped by the Church’s spiritual authority. The volume documents a historical moment in French Catholic liberalism and its clashes with ultramontanism.

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