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SUMMARY
In
the 1660s,
the Jansenists
took
Christianity
"too
seriously" and
did not like the
"half-Christian,"
as one of
the nuns.
Among them is
Sister
Angelique
de St.
Jean,
former mistress
of novices,
admired by
the very young
Sister
Françoise
who seeks
solace
with her
when
some
nuns want to
betray her.
Because she
has decided
to submit to
religious
and temporal,
present and future,
Sister
Flavie
denounced
and banned
her future,
Angelique
knows
the hard
fate
that awaits
recluse.
Is it possible
to be under
"the
wings of
power"
and not "under
the wings
of Christ,"
can we
recharge
his faith
in mysticism
that we
live it?
This "virtually
interior
work"
raises many
more
questions
yet, but
includes
touching
episodes
showing the
ladies of
Port Royal
"dependent
of the century."
At the time of
leaving,
Sister
Angelique
says goodbye
to her sister
Françoise
who promises
to remain faithful:
"You are never
alone
when you have
faith."
Sister
Angelique
concludes: "The
night will
pass and
the truth of God
will remain." |
