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Prière et charité dans la Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement (1629-1667)

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[eng] Abstract The Company of Holy Sacrement is very well-known, mostly owing to its numerous charity works in XVIIth century France. But its members also wanted to develop a special «spirit» and to encourage special devotions among themselves. That's why prayer and charity are the two points an which the devout's life is focused. Besides, the many common points between their praying and their charity works are noteworthy : the taste for secrecy, the appeal to individual conscience, and mostly the will to spiritualize prayer as well as charity, which finally meet, if not merge. But this balance soon breaks in favour of contemplation, which leaves action behind in the devout's ideal. The Company's failure at getting rid of the old dichotomy between action and contemplation brings to its final failure. [fre] Résumé La Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement est surtout célèbre pour toutes les œuvres charitables qu'elle a mises en place dans la France du XVIIe siècle. Mais les confrères ont aussi voulu créer un «esprit» particulier et encourager en leur sein certaines pratiques de dévotion. Prière et charité sont donc les deux pôles de la vie du dévot. On peut noter d'ailleurs bien des points communs dans leur pratique de l'oraison et de l'action charitable : même goût du secret, même appel à la conscience de chacun, et surtout même volonté de spiritualiser la prière comme la charité, qui finissent par se rejoindre, sinon de fondre. Mais cet équilibre se rompt très vite, et la contemplation prend la première place devant l'action dans l'idéal dévot. L'échec de la Compagnie à sortir du vieux dilemne action/contemplation détermine son échec final.

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  • Alain Tallon, 1991. "Prière et charité dans la Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement (1629-1667)," Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 10(3), pages 331-343.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:hiseco:hes_0752-5702_1991_num_10_3_1604
    DOI: 10.3406/hes.1991.1604
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