Abstract
On leaving the. Society of Jesus as a prêtre séculier in April 1639, Labadie did two things which seem strange in the light of his love of spiritual independence: he wrote to a relative, who was discontent with the religious life in her convent, telling her to stay firm in her calling despite all temptation,1) and he made overtures to the Oratoire. Though it seems incongruous for one who had told Surin that the rules of an order tied the wings of a bird that could otherwise fly free, so soon to seek union with another order, a closer look at Oratorian spirituality offers some explanation.
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Certeau, La fable mystique, p. 385 (Paris, 1982) cites a list of propositions made by Labadie while a Jansenist at Paris, concerning the errors of the Socinians, from a manuscript at the Bibl. Nationale.
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Saxby, T.J. (1987). Jansenism in Picardy. Labadie from Bordeaux to Amiens, 1639–1644, and his retreat at Port-Royal-des-Champs. In: The Quest for the New Jerusalem, Jean de Labadie and the Labadists, 1610–1744. Archives internationales d’histoire des idees/International Archives of the History of Ideas, vol 115. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3567-9_2
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