Zeal for Souls
Burning pastoral zeal for the conversion of sinners and the salvation of souls — a central apostolic motivation. Basil "in a short time transformed the face of the whole province"; Authbert of Cambrai "burned with such zeal to convert a single sinner that he nearly consumed himself in tears and penances."
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Basil roused "sluggish minds" with his preaching and "in a short time the face of the whole province was transformed."
"began to rouse with his words the sluggish minds of that people — little concerned about their future hope — and to kindle them with his preaching"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Van der Burch's zeal to be set ablaze by the scale of his new archdiocese.
"Here your diligence will be sharpened, your charity roused, your zeal set ablaze"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Authbert of Cambrai "burned with such zeal to convert a single sinner that he nearly consumed himself in tears and penances."
"He burned with such zeal to convert a single sinner that he nearly consumed himself in tears and penances."