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The Directory for Confessors, 1585

by Stafford Poole, John F. Schwaller

Cover of The Directory for Confessors, 1585

"A translation and commentary on the Directory for Confessors of the Third Mexican Provincial Council, a manual intended to compensate for the deficiencies in the educations of priests. Never promulgated or published due to intense opposition, it remains an important source for the religious, social, and economic history of Colonial Mexico"--

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