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Third of three short discourses, all untitled, concerning candidates for a religious profession

Archer, James, 1751-1834

This sermon addresses the importance of renouncing wordly pleasures in order to enter the religious state, emphasizing that one seeking a religious profession must look to their instructors to learn about spiritual mysteries.

Date Created
1788 – 1826
Subject - Topic/Names
Catholics, Professions, Religious, Mysteries, Religious, Salvation, Asceticism, Catholic Church
Subject - Geographic
England
Subject - Time Period
Eighteenth century, Nineteenth century
Rights Statement
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Program.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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Primary Repository ID

P-MSS006_B001_F004_I044C

System of Record ID

300000422581

Title

Third of three short discourses, all untitled, concerning candidates for a religious profession

Date Created

1788 – 1826

Description

This sermon addresses the importance of renouncing wordly pleasures in order to enter the religious state, emphasizing that one seeking a religious profession must look to their instructors to learn about spiritual mysteries.

Creator

Archer, James, 1751-1834

Primary Language

English

Subject - Topic/Names

Catholics
Professions, Religious
Mysteries, Religious
Salvation
Asceticism
Catholic Church

Subject - Geographic

England

Subject - Time Period

Eighteenth century
Nineteenth century

Extent/Dimensions

17.3 x 21.8 cm

Content Type

Text

Content Genre

sermons

Related Material

Manuscript Collection No. 006

Source

James Archer sermons

Sublocation

Box 1, Folder 4

Local Call Number

MSS 006

Rights Statement

The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Program.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES

Institution

Emory University

Holding Repository

Pitts Theology Library

Sort Date

1788
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Collection

James Archer sermons

The collection consists of 82 sermons written for Sundays, religious holidays, and as inducements into the religious profession. Only one sermon is dated (1788) although the watermarks on the paper run as late as 1826. The sermons are of varying length but generally run about 12 pages long. For a list of titles of the sermons see the following container list. The text of the sermons contain many corrections and revisions and appear to be intended for delivery rather than for publication although two, item 66 and item 70 in the container list appear exactly as printed in Archers published work Sermons on various Moral and Religious Subjects for All the Sundays and some of the Principal Festivals of the Year, London, 1817. The sermons reveal to the scholar the style and content of a popular English Catholic priest during the period of Roman Catholic persecution in England. Lacking dates the collection remains in the same order in which it was received. The scholar will have to decide if the order is significant.

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