Monsieur Vincent: a Sketch of a Christian Social Reformer of the 17th Century
Monsieur Vincent: a Sketch of a Christian Social Reformer of the 17th Century
J G James Granville Adderley
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de Gondy coming out of his retirement in the Oratory to plead for the appointment of his notoriously unworthy son as coadjutor to the Archbishop. S. Vincent did the best he could under the circumstances. He was absolutely brave and outspoken in giving his opinions as to the candidates. No one knew better than he that the real evil that had been, and stiU was, like a festering sore in the body of the Church of France was the careless life of the bishops and priests. He was resolved that he would... have no hand in making the appointment of any man who showed no signs of fitness for the post proposed. Of course his counsels did not always prevail, and Mazarin, who was for the most part opposed to him, would often over- Digitized by Google 128 MONSIEUR VINCENT ride his opinion and continue the scandals if it suited him to do so. But M. Vincent was able to effect a certain amount of reform, and at least to create an ideal of what those responsible for ecclesiastical patronage should aim at. He exposed himself to every kind of insult in carrying out his policy, but nothing daunted him.
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