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“Abraham and Jehannot de Chevigny“
Jehannot de Chevigny is friends with an honest and also finds them to be money-grubbers of the worst
upright Jewish man named Abraham. He really wants order. They’d sell their grandmas for a buck. He’s pretty
Abe to convert to Christianity so he doesn’t burn in Hell. disgusted, so he returns to Paris. He tells Jehannot
Abraham isn’t biting, but Jehannot won’t stop trying to about the ungodliness of the Christian clergy and
save his friend. So Abraham makes a deal. If he goes how well they practice all seven of the deadly sins. In
to Rome and finds that the Pope is a good person, he’ll conclusion: he decides to become a Christian. Jehannot
convert. Jehannot is dismayed. He knows that the Pope is stunned. Abraham explains that the Church is growing
lives like a sinful and debauched monarch. He tries to and flourishing despite the wickedness of its leaders,
change Abe’s mind about visiting Rome because he so it really must be a religion built by the Holy Spirit.
knows what he’ll see. But Abe goes anyway and sees Jehannot takes Abraham to Notre Dame and stands up
for himself. He quickly realizes that everyone, from the as his godfather. He gives Abe the name John. Jehannot
Pope to the lowest clergyman, are degenerates of the becomes a good and responsible godfather, hiring the
worst kind—drunks, sodomites, and gluttons. Abraham best masters of religion to instruct his friend.
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