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... tion of Europe and of the nineteenth century . Alas for our civilisation , as we call it ! What has it done , what does it do , to solve the great problem of humanity ? Is all this poverty , all this suffering of human beings , helped ...
... tion of Europe and of the nineteenth century . Alas for our civilisation , as we call it ! What has it done , what does it do , to solve the great problem of humanity ? Is all this poverty , all this suffering of human beings , helped ...
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... future ; or accompanied by his devoted patron and friend . the Countess Matilda , pausing under the shadows to discuss with her the claims of the Church , and lay out plans for its aggrandisement and purifica- tion .
... future ; or accompanied by his devoted patron and friend . the Countess Matilda , pausing under the shadows to discuss with her the claims of the Church , and lay out plans for its aggrandisement and purifica- tion .
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William Wetmore Story. lay out plans for its aggrandisement and purifica- tion . Here , according to some historian , it was that he first assumed the monastic robes and took his early vows , before he went to Cluny ; and with these ...
William Wetmore Story. lay out plans for its aggrandisement and purifica- tion . Here , according to some historian , it was that he first assumed the monastic robes and took his early vows , before he went to Cluny ; and with these ...
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... tion is discussed ( Sopra il Monacato e la Parentela di S. Gregory VII . ) His view is supported by the Sacra Congregazione de ' Riti , which decreed on the 21st of January 1673 that Gregory should be placed in the " Martiro- logio ...
... tion is discussed ( Sopra il Monacato e la Parentela di S. Gregory VII . ) His view is supported by the Sacra Congregazione de ' Riti , which decreed on the 21st of January 1673 that Gregory should be placed in the " Martiro- logio ...
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... their vows , and habits of life , and religious pledges , not only render them unfit for other avocations , but disable them from assuming them . I have no special admira- tion for or sympathy with monastic bodies . They have.
... their vows , and habits of life , and religious pledges , not only render them unfit for other avocations , but disable them from assuming them . I have no special admira- tion for or sympathy with monastic bodies . They have.
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