"Concordat" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... excessive purity of morals and of doctrine, and accused the Jesuits of preaching a relaxed morality. The Jansenists, in fact, were Catholic Puritans, if two contradictory terms can be combined. During the Revolution, the Concordat occasioned an unimportant schism, a little segregation of ultra-catholics who refused to recognize the Bishops appointed by the authorities with the consent of the Pope. This little body of the faithful ...
— The Country Doctor • Honore de Balzac
... Church and the Revolution. A Sequel to the History of the Church of France, from the Concordat of Bologna to the Revolution. ...
— Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo • W. Cope Devereux |
