Kategoria:

Instructions regarding catechism and baptism
I insist on this. I want you to follow this rule. Indeed, I order you to follow it. So, baptism for those who have the necessary dispositions and who arouse no concerns, and the catechumenate for the others. The main reason why I insist on these measures is the fear of apostasies after baptisms which are granted too easily.

A bit of diplomacy in our relations
Father Deniaud seems to have turned the matter around very skilfully and been accepted by the Arabs by declaring to them, as I earlier advised you to do, that he and his colleagues had certainly not come to get involved in their affairs or in business and that they were not in league with the British.