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Excerpt from An Outline of the History of Clerical Celibacy in Western Europe: To the Council of TrentThe purpose of this thesis is to review the essential facts concerning the origin of clerical celibacy, its development and effects in western Europe to the time of the Council of Trent, and to present such extracts from the sources as are of special interest and importance in the history of this subject. Mr. Henry C. Lea's Historical Sketch o...
Excerpt from An Outline of the History of Clerical Celibacy in Western Europe: To the Council of TrentThe purpose of this thesis is to review the essential facts concerning the origin of clerical celibacy, its development and effects in western Europe to the time of the Council of Trent, and to present such extracts from the sources as are of special interest and importance in the history of this subject. Mr. Henry C. Lea's Historical Sketch o...
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