D. José Antonio Pinto de Mendonça Arraes, por mercê de Deos, e da Santa Sé Apostolica Bispo da Guarda, do Conselho de S. Magestade, &c. A todos as Pessoas Ecclesiasticas, e Seculares do nosso Bispado saude, e Benção em o Senhor. [text begins:] Elevados da Magistratura ao Sacerdocio, e deste á sublime Dignidade do Episcopado ....
by ARRAES, José Antonio Pinto de Mendonça
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[Colophon] Lisbon, Na Regia Officina Typografica, 1798.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, contemporary "Dutch" paper wrappers, green, bronze and gilt (a few stains on front). Caption title. Crisp and clean. Overall in very good to fine condition. 40 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. José Antonio Pinto e Mendonça Arraes (Cêa, 1740-1823), a secular clergyman, was appointed bishop of Pinhel in 1782, and bishop of Guarda in 1797. This is the pastoral letter to those within the bishopric of Guarda after he assumed his position there. It includes an exhortation to be faithful to the true Church, obedient to the king, and disdainful of modern thinkers who place too much trust in reason and science.*** Not in Imprensa Nacional. Innocêncio IV, 245-6. See José Quelhas Bigotte, D. José António Pinto de Mendonça Arrais (bispo de Pinhel e da Guarda), grande prelado e grande patriota. Porbase locates a single copy, at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc.
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- D. José Antonio Pinto de Mendonça Arraes, por mercê de Deos, e da Santa Sé Apostolica Bispo da Guarda, do Conselho de S. Magestade, &c. A todos as Pessoas Ecclesiasticas, e Seculares do nosso Bispado saude, e Benção em o Senhor. [text begins:] Elevados da Magistratura ao Sacerdocio, e deste á sublime Dignidade do Episcopado ....
- Author
- ARRAES, José Antonio Pinto de Mendonça
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- FIRST and ONLY EDITION
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- [Colophon] Lisbon, Na Regia Officina Typografica, 1798.
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- Keywords
- Guarda, Portugal, Bishop, Pastoral letters
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