A History of the So-Called Jansenist Church of Holland, by John Mason Neale (1858)

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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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