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An historical sketch of sacerdotal celibacy in the Christian church

Henry Charles Lea · 1884 · Scanned text · Free in the US

306,218 words · about 21 h 27 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Language
English
Published
1884
Length
306,218 words · about 21 h 27 min
Sections
29 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (29)
  1. Front matter about 4 min
  2. Contents about 17 min
  3. I. Asceticism about 18 min
  4. II. The Ante-mcene Church about 41 min
  5. III. The Council Of Nice A about 13 min
  6. IV. Legislation about 16 min
  7. V. Enforcement Of Celibacy about 30 min
  8. VII about 1 h 3 min
  9. VIII. The Barbarians about 16 min
  10. IX. The Carlovingians about 31 min
  11. X. The Tenth Century about 1 h 1 min
  12. XII. Peter Damiani about 1 h 25 min
  13. XIV. Hildebrand about 33 min
  14. XV. Central Europe about 25 min
  15. XVI. France about 28 min
  16. XVII. Norman England about 42 min
  17. XVIII. Ireland And Scotland about 12 min
  18. XIX. Spain about 18 min
  19. XX. General Legislation about 1 h 29 min
  20. XXII. The Military Orders about 9 min
  21. XXIII. The Heresies about 40 min
  22. XXIV. The Fifteenth Century about 42 min
  23. XXV. The Reformation In Germany about 2 h 54 min
  24. XXVII about 29 min
  25. XXVIII. The Council Of Trent about 1 h 1 min
  26. XXIX. The Post-tridentine Church about 1 h 7 min
  27. XXX. The Church And The Revolution about 35 min
  28. XXXI. THE CHURCH Of TO-DAY about 1 h 23 min
  29. Index about 1 h 44 min
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