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patronage: The Order of the Virgin Mary of the Ransom of
Captives of St. Eulalia of Barcelona. But the proper and definitive title is: Order of the Virgin Mary of Mercy of the Redemption of Captives. This name, however, does not come into general use until the 1290s and is not codified until the Albertine Constitutions of 1327.
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succor these unfortunates. Nolasco began ransoming
Christian captives in 1203. After fifteen years of work, he and his friends saw that the number of captives was growing day by day. His plan was to establish a well-structured and stable redemptive religious order under the patronage of Blessed Mary.
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The name with which the Order founded by
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be handed over to
Nolasco for the ransoming of captives. The bequest was not unusual, either in amount or intent, for Catalans of this era frequently included this pious good work in their testaments. What sets this particular bequest apart is that it contains the first notice of the redeeming work
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The 1272 Constitutions, further, establish
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Between the eighth and the fifteenth centuries, medieval Europe was in a state of intermittent warfare between the
Christian kingdoms of southern Europe and the Muslim polities of North Africa, Southern France, Sicily and Moorish portions of Spain. According to James W. Brodman, the threat of
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of religion. These additional vows are part of the nature of the profession of each order and are permitted by the church. They can be solemn or simple, perpetual or temporary. The Fourth Vow of the Order of Mercy is a Solemn Vow. In accordance with the general principle of a
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Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, founded in 1218, is an international community of priests and brothers, who live a life of prayer and communal fraternity based on the Rule of Saint Augustine and the constitutions of the order.
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From the year 1192 certain noblemen of
Barcelona had formed a confraternity for the purpose of caring for the sick in hospitals, and also for rescuing Christian captives from the Moors. Tradition has it that around 1218, Nolasco and King
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James I, whose descendants claimed him to be the
Mercedarian founder, had in fact no documented contact with the Order until the late 1230s and early 1240s, at which time he granted formerly Muslim lands in Valencia, especially the
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The Order of Mercy, an early 13th century popular movement of personal piety organized at first by Nolasco, was concerned with ransoming the ordinary men who had not the means to negotiate their own ransom, the "poor of Christ".
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or of other enemies of our Law… By this work of mercy… all the brothers of this Order, as sons of true obedience, must always be gladly disposed to give up their lives, if it is necessary, as Jesus Christ gave up his for us."
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During the next six years, the confraternity slowly evolves into a religious order, as members obtain properties in Catalonia. While Nolasco, by all accounts, first established his movement at Barcelona and then on
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For over 600 years, these constant armed confrontations produced numerous war prisoners on both sides. Islam's captives were reduced to the state of slaves since they were considered war booty. In the lands of
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as a norm for their life in common and he gave his authorization for the sign of his cathedral, the Holy Cross, to be on the habit of the Order. After that, Nolasco and the first Mercedarians made their
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Reconstructing the Order's beginnings from the documentary record produces a far less detailed story. In this, the year 1218 plays no role. The founder first appears ca. 1226 as a collector of alms in
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in virtue of which he promises to give his own life, if it will be necessary, as Christ did for us, to free from the new forms of slavery the Christians who are in danger of losing their Faith."
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each experienced separately a vision of the Virgin Mary, who asked them to found a religious order dedicated to rescuing the many Christian captives held by the Muslims. Nolasco's confessor,
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In the preface of the first Constitutions of the Mercedarian Order of 1272, three key elements referring to the foundation stand out: the name, the founder and the purpose of the Order.
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there before the bishop. Their headquarters was the Monastery of St. Eulalia of Barcelona, which served as the first Mercedarian convent and as a house of welcome for redeemed captives.
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is essential because it inseparably constitutes our Order in its nature and substance by virtue of the early institution… and our predecessors have always professed and fulfilled it."
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A small community of friars were allowed to open their own monastery under the leadership of Friar John Baptist in 1603. Adopting a simpler form of life and of their
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and the other coastal provinces of medieval Christian Europe. Raids by militias, bands and armies from both sides were an almost annual occurrence.
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Our Lady of Ransom is the principal patron of Barcelona; the proper Office was extended to Barcelona (1868) and to all Spain (second class, 1883).
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Convento de la Merced, founded in 1607, is a Merecedarian convent, which now serves as a church, in the small town of
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Ransoming Captives in Crusader Spain: The Order of Merced on the Christian-Islamic Frontier
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under which the friars live. This spread and gained approval by the
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Homepage for the Order of Our Lady of Mercy in the United States
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if it be necessary for the Redemption of Christ's Faithful."
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191:captives. Its members are most commonly known as
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1601:(Diss.Pontifica Universitá Gregoriana Rom 2012).
1557:Felipe II y la Reforma de las Ordenes Redentoras
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1529:Historia de las misiones mercedarias en América
140:- From the Generalate of the Mercedarian Order.
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1626:Homepage of the Mercedarian Order (in Spanish)
1495:(2 Vols.), (Ms.1636, 1639), Madrid 1973, 1974.
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2279:Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
652:Juan Bautista del SantĂsimo Sacramento
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1938:Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
1560:, in: Estudios 200-201 (1998), 5-155.
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2464:Sisters of the Holy Family-Louisiana
2299:Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb
2294:Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2086:Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales
2026:Marians of the Immaculate Conception
1909:Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius
1793:Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo
1433:. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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1161:Southwestern Journal of Anthropology
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2151:Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus
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2417:Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
2098:Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
1980:Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
1745:Congregation of Our Lady of Sion
1578:LeĂłn Cázares, MarĂa del Carmen,
1526:PĂ©rez Rodriguez, Pedro Nolasco,
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1273:William Newton (1 March 2014).
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2174:Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer
1483:(2 Vols.), Palermo 1619, 1622.
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1006:Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
820:Constitutions and Norms (1970)
796:Madrilene Constitutions (1692)
774:Albertine Constitutions (1327)
490:Shrine of Santa Maria del Puig
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1897:Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy
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1471:(2 Vols.), Madrid 1618, 1633.
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785:Zumelian Constitutions (1588)
767:American Constitutions (1272)
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2405:Religious of the Virgin Mary
2376:Order of Our Lady of Charity
2360:Oblate Sisters of Providence
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2044:Society of Mary (Marists)
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