Vocational Freedom, Parental Authority and Pastoral Persuasion in Seventeenth-Century France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10090017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher J Lane (0000-0003-3372-5246, Christendom College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 768-784 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046917002743 |
| OpenAlex | W2794061992 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
In seventeenth-century France, secular law favoured parents’ authority in children's choices of marriage, religion or the clerical state, despite Catholic theology and canon law favouring individual freedom. Negotiating this tension led many clerical writers – in advice on choosing a state of life found in devotional treatises, sermons and catechisms – to reconcile parental involvement with vocational liberty. Believing that the right choice of a state was virtually necessary for salvation, they urged parents and children to cooperate in discerning and accepting God's call. Amid conflicts with French law and culture, pastoral persuasion helped to forge an enduringly influential strain in modern Catholicism
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |