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MOST REVEREND FATHER

OF THE ALBIGENSIANS

The Albigensians, or Cathars, were a dualist religious movement in Southern France during the 12th and 13th centuries that was suppressed by the Catholic Church.

AN EXERCISE

HELD IN THE COLLEGE OF LOUVAIN

The University of Louvain, in modern-day Belgium, was a premier center for Catholic theology and academic debate during the 17th century.

In the year 1668, on a day in August

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

JOHN THOMAS POZZOBONUS

Joannes Thomas Pozzobonus was likely the presiding academic or the patron to whom this specific disputation was dedicated.

Decorative woodcut initial 'V' in a square frame. The background within the frame depicts a landscape with classical architecture and figures in the foreground.

Truly the just follow the example of what? individuals [do]; here, as if [through] an open vigilance and [that which] he might contribute, so that they might prevail in those things which experience brings forth through the whole course of the year. And it is commonly [said] in name, and nothing of these matters which he might vigorously set forth by this judgment is enough for those few: in which exercises, so that in some [matters] the manner might shine forth, which binds them and our society original: "societati nostrae." This almost certainly refers to the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), who administered many colleges at Louvain. is everything, by which it [is achieved].