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GRÉGOIRE. Lettre du citoyen Grégoire, évêque... - Lot 154 - Rossini
GRÉGOIRE. Lettre du citoyen Grégoire, évêque de Blois, à Don Ramon-Joseph de Arce archevêque de Burgos, grand inquisiteur d'Espagne. Paris, Imprimerie-Librairie chrétienne, s.d. Booklet in-8, 24 pages, bradel marbled paper boards (modern binding).
First edition.
Grégoire calls for the abolition of the Inquisition, criticizing its violent practices in the name of the ideals of peace and gentleness of primitive Christianity: "Intolerance only embitters hearts; it gives religion enemies without giving it a friend. Gregory concludes with this appeal: Ministers of a God of peace, let us constantly remind the members of the human family that they are all brothers.
Stamp, cancelled, of the library of the city of Paris.
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