Eybel's Plan for Monastery Libraries in Was ist ein Pfarrer? ("What is a pastor?", 1782)

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ForwardStrasbourg 		"In every parish house, it is especially important that there be found a permanent pastoral library of good books in which the parish priests and curates can find what they need to become stronger in the genuine principles they have learned and to continue their [pastoral] training. The libraries now being used by very few in the monasteries could become parish libraries of greater social usefulness." (p. 41f., Original reproduced below)