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A History of the So-Called Jansenist Church of Holland;
with a Sketch of Its Earlier Annals,
And some Account of the Brothers of the Common Life.

By the Rev. J.M. Neale, M.A.

Oxford: John Henry and James Parker, 1858.


APPENDIX IV.

c. NUMBER OF BAPTISMS IN THE DIOCESE OF UTRECHT FROM 1763 TO 1851.

In the fire years
commencing

Utrecht.

Amersfoort.

Hilversum.

Kuilenborg.

Total.

Average per year.

1763

149

7

141

24

321

64.2

1768

119

22

126

25

292

58.4

1773

118

26

108

23

275

55

1778

113

19

120

28

280

56

1783

125

31

147

21

324

64.8

1788

135

20

109

23

287

57.4

1793

130

24

96

29

279

55.8

1798

155

35

56

19

265

53

1803

154

27

105

22

308

61.6

1808

139

32

80

19

270

54

1813

123

9

83

43

258

51.6

1818

143

6

93

32

274

54.8

1823

139

8

95

33

275

55

1828

166

16

70

31

283

56.6

1833

175

28

81

34

318

63.6

1838

179

30

98

35

342

68.4

1843

187

28

84

38

337

67.4

1848 to 1851,
4 years only

154

22

81

45

302

75.5

 

It follows from the above table that, so far from having diminished in numbers since 1763, the date of the Second Council of Utrecht, the so-called Jansenists have considerably increased; an increase the more remarkable when it is remembered that, as it is clear from the first table, they have lost eighteen parishes in the Archbishopric since 1736, of which some must certainly have existed beyond 1763. We may also learn that the numerical preponderance of the former table does not accurately present the proportionate numbers of those in communion with the Church of Utrecht. In Utrecht itself there were six parishes in 1736; in 1854 there are only three; yet the number of baptisms is considerably greater than in 1763.

 


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