Scolopi, 1607-1803.
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Piarists
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The Chierici Regolari della Madre di Dio della Scuole Pie (Scolopi or Piarists) are one of a number of groups of clerics which arose in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries who were dedicated to many forms of apostolic work and evangelization. The groups arose out of a spirit or reform and a desire to return to what they saw as an original form of the apostolate. These were not religious orders in the sense that they did not live according to a specific rule. The first group to f...
