Word: vercelli
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...enjoined that the "faithful" should "demonstrate more reverence for the Name above all names, the only Name in which we can claim salvation-the name of Jesus Christ." This special mission was entrusted to the Dominicans (newly founded at that time) by an apostolic letter to Blessed John Vercelli. Organized in Portugal, the Holy Name Society spread through Europe and eventually came to its fullest fruition in the U. S. Originally, it was, in part, regarded as reparation for the "blasphemous Albigensian heresies." Purpose. The Society lays peculiar emphasis on purity of speech. But this ideal is extended to include...
...apostolic letter to Blessed John Vercelli...
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