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== The Synod of Matamata ==

I am intrigued by paragraph [3] 

::"During that time we together refuted the main objections which the Protestants typically make, and we developed the custom of making our spiritual exercises in common. This get-together, which we pleasantly styled ''the synod of Matamata'' (Father Séon’s mission) at once consoled us and very much benefited us."

I wonder if the document known as Pompallier's ''Instruction to the Missionaries'' may be the result of that gathering (rather than being the work of Pompallier himself).  - [[User:Merv|Merv]]