Arthur Lenti – The Bosco-Gastaldi Conflict (1872-82), Part I

The conflict between Archbishop Lawrence Gastaldi and Don Bosco may at first sight appear to have been, to put a facile contemporary label on it, a typical confrontation between institution and charism.

It was indeed a clash between episcopal authority as claimed by an ordinary and the freedom sought by the founder of a new (and different) religious congregation.

But the confrontation should be seen as an event within a particular moment in history and as deriving its specific character from it.

 

 

Contents:

  • General Introduction
  • SECTION ONE: LAWRENCE GASTALDI-A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
    • Introduction
    • I. Lawrence Gastaldi’s Early Life to His Appointment as Bishop of Saluzzo (1815-1867)
    • II. Lawrence Gastaldi, Bishop of Saluzzo (1867-1871)
    • III. Lawrence Gastaldi, Archbishop of Turin (1871-1883)
  • SECTION TWO: FIRST PHASE OF THE CONFRONTATION: ARCHBISHOP GASTALDl’S CLASH WITH DON BOSCO OVER THE SPIRIT OF THE SALESIAN SOCIETY AND THE APPROVAL OF ITS CONSTITUTIONS
    • 1. Antecedents
    • 2. Lawrence Gastaldi Archbishop-Initial Estrangement
    • 3. Hardening of Gastaldi’s Position
    • 4. Clash over the Approval of the Constitutions (1873-1874)
    • 5. Trials and Tribulations of the Approval: The First Unsuccessful Presentation
  • Conclusion

Reference time period: 1872 – 1882

A. Lenti, The Bosco-Gastaldi Conflict (1872-82), Part I, in «Journal of Salesian Sudies» 4 (1993) 2, 1-83.

Reference institution:
Institute of Salesian Studies
Institute of Salesian Studies

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