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Fr. Ignatius Spencer C.P.: On ‘The Christian Perfection of the Laity’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2015

Jozef Vanden Bussche C.P.
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In the course of efforts to gather together all the documentation relating to Fr. Ignatius Spencer C.P. (1799–1864) in connection with the process of beatification, references were encountered to a document entitled: Reflectiones Propositionesque Pro Fidelium Sanctificatione. To this date the paper has not been found. Ignatius had entered the Passionist Congregation on 21 December 1846, his birthday, and since he was already a priest, he was rapidly entrusted with positions of responsibility in the Congregation. The paper in question was one of his concerns in the years 1854–1857. In his writings, mention can be found of its composition, and of the reception it received from various people. It may be possible to reconstruct to some extent the content of the missing document, although the reason for its disappearance must remain an open question.

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Research Article
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British Catholic History , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , October 2008 , pp. 198 - 203
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Copyright © Catholic Record Society 2009

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Notes

1 Passionist Provincial Archives, Minsteracres. A transcription of the diary has been made by Fr. Benedict Lodge C.P. and was included in the collection of documents for the beatification process, (CDB). This collection can be found in the Liverpool diocesan tribunal and in various academic libraries in England.

2 Provincial Archives of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion, Lytham St. Annes, IB/IF, CD B,, vol. viii, pp. 138–144.

3 Archives of the Propaganda Fide, Rome. SC, 9 (1834–1841), f. 453–454v. CDB, vol. iv, pp. 138–144.

4 Vanden Bussche, J., Ignatius (George) Spencer Passionist (1799–1864), Crusader of Prayer for England and Pioneer of Ecumenical Prayer, Leuven University Press, 1991.Google Scholar