Pope Pius VII sends a directive to…

January 1816 CE

Pope Pius VII sends a directive to Stanisław Bohusz Siestrzeńcewicz, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mohilev, advising Siestrzeńcewicz not to continue the Russian Bible Society's plans to circulate the Scriptures written in the Russian language, commenting that "if the Sacred Scriptures were allowed in the vulgar tongue, more detriment than benefit would arise."

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Mogilev > Mahilyov Mahilyov Belarus View →

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Christians, Eastern Orthodox View → Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus View → Russian Empire View →

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Jesuits, Papal Suppression of the View →

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