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The Reformation · c. 1630–1660
The Conferences and Letters
Vincent de Paul · 1581–1660
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What it is
Talks to priests and to the Daughters of Charity on serving the galley slaves, the foundlings, and the rural poor, insisting that the poor are the masters.
Why it lasted
The most influential organiser of Catholic charity in history, and the origin of a model of active service that shaped modern religious congregations.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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