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An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church

INDEX. (continued 2)

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English, their immorality, 451

suppression of, by Wolsey, 448

and by Henry VIII., 454

means used for, 457

financial results of, 460

suppression of, in Austria, 584

in France, 589

in Spain, 608

in Italy, 609

in South America, 609

Monastic habit, salvation ensured by, 335

Monks, persecuted by the Iconoclasts, 90

number of, in Coptic church, 93

subjected to military service, 99

wandering, described by Augustin, 102

and by St. Benedict, 110

and by Smaragdus, 115

political influence of, 106

confined to their convents, 107

their wives must become nuns, 114

punishment of unchastity, 103, 131

custom of letting blood, 138

secular life of, in 10th century, 152

as priests in Anglo-Saxon England, 174

married priests replaced with, 275

residence of, with nuns, in Spain, 305

ordered to sleep singly, 332

ridiculed by Von Hutten, 416

fate of English, 460

ejected, held to chastity, in England, 469

unfit to be confessors, 432, 569, 572, 577, 587

marriage of (see Marriage).

Monluc of Valence, his marriage, 499

his description of French clergy, 515

Montanists denounce second marriages, 36

Montariol, Abbey of, and droit de marquette, 354

Monte Casino, foundation of, 111

Carloman becomes a monk there, 133

Abbey of, in 10th century, 153

preservation of, in 1866, 609

Monza, clerical marriage in 1152, 221

Barnabite college at, case of, 621

Morales, Ambrosio, case of, 40

Morality, reformed by early Christians, 32

of Puritanism, 357

of Scottish Reformers, 509

artificial standard of, 269, 347, 349, 627

Morals, clerical, described by Cyprian, 41

by Tertullian, 42

reforms at Council of Nicæa, 54

how affected by introduction of celibacy, 78

as described by Salvianus, 81

by Council of Elvira, 99

by St. Jerome, 100

of monks, described by St. Augustin, 102

by St. Benedict, 110

by St. Isidor of Seville, 115

by Smaragdus, 115

of bishops in Merovingian France, 119

of clergy in Gothic Spain, 121

in Italy, in 8th century, 127

in France, in 8th century, 128

in 9th century, 136

in Italy, in 10th century, 145, 147, 153

in England, in 10th century, 167

in 11th century, 172

in monasteries, in 11th century, 188

of bishops, in 11th century, 198

of married clergy, in 11th century, 202

in Milan, 210

in Germany, in 12th century, 247

in France, in 12th century, 264

worse than laity, 265, 346, 350, 429, 430, 518, 533, 586, 629

in England, in 12th century, 281

in 13th century, 293

in Ireland, in 14th century, 299

in Scotland, in 13th century, 301

in Spain, in 14th century, 311

in church of 12th century, 321, 326

of 13th century, 331

in monasteries in 14th century, 340

in papal court, 341

in mediæval church, 350

in military orders, 364

in Bohemian church, 383

in 15th century, 388

in 16th century, 427, 515-33

in English church of 16th century, 447

in English monasteries, 451

of clergy of Bangor, 463

in Scottish church, 501 sqq.

in German church described by Cassander and Wicelius, 542-3

after Council of Trent, 548

in Rome, in 16th century, 549

in post-Tridentine church of Italy, 550-3

in Bavaria and Bohemia, 554, 556

in the Low Countries, 557

in France, 559

in confessional, 566-77

affected by casuistry, 578

in 18th century, 585-8

Morals of monachal educators, 619-21

in the modern church, 624-37

More, Sir Thomas, his position, 445

appointed Chancellor, 449

on sheep-farming, 474

Morone, Cardinal, asked to aid in furthering clerical marriage, 541

Morrison, Sir Richard, on resumption of church lands, 483

Mortal sin, Wickliffe’s definition of, 379

Morton, Archbishop, his visitation, 399

Mosaic Law, materialism of, 21

Mothers, residence of, forbidden, 138, 331

Mount Lebanon, Synod of, in 1736, 91

Mozarabic ritual, contest over, 304

Mucius, his blind obedience, 102

Muhlberg, battle of, 441

Mulieres subintroductæ, forbidden by Council of Nicæa, 53

allowed in modern times, 626

Muncer and the Anabaptists, 438

Munster, Council of, in 1279, 575

in 1652, 558

impossibility of reform, in 16th cent., 548

proportion of clergy in, 631

Mutilation, practice of, 40

Mutilés de Russie, sect of, 41

Mylitta, 21

Mynecena, 173

Myrc, John, his Instructions, 400

on confessor and penitent, 574

Myrror of Justice on married clerks, 291

Mystic rewards of virginity, 347

Nalanda, Buddhist monastery of, 95

Namur, Synods of, in 1604 and 1639, 562

in 1698, 576

in 1742, 577

Nanno of Verona protects married priests, 151

Nantes, Council of, in 895, 138

Edict of, 500

Naples, children of ecclesiastics in, 335

position of priests’ concubines in, 339

tax on concubines in, 399

clerical marriage proposed in 18th century, 583

numbers of clergy in, 588, 631

civil marriage in, 606, 607

restrictions on monachism in 1820, 609

Council of, in 1576, 553

in 1699, 574

Napoleon I. reëstablishes religion, 595

prohibits clerical marriage, 597

Napoleon III. favors monachism, 614, 617-8

Narbonne, Council of, in 1551, 516

in 1609, 560

Nature, crimes against, 137, 332, 548

Nausea, Frederic, on priestly marriage, 423

Nazirate, the Jewish, 22

Neocæsarea, Council of, in 314, 36, 51

Neo-Platonism, influence of, 39

Nestorians, the, 91, 92

Netherlands, reception of Council of Trent, 547, 553

troubles of, caused by clerical corruption, 557

restrictions on monachism, 609

Neustria, reforms in, 132

New Grenada, corruption of church in, 563

abuse of confessional in, 572

suppression of monasteries in, 609

Nicæa, Council of, its relation to celibacy, 53

celibacy attributed to, 555

Nicæa, canon of, its enforcement, 84

renewed by Greek church, 91

enforced by Gregory I., 124

enforcement attempted in 744, 132

in 9th century, 136

in England, in 12th century, 277

by Council of Coyanza, in 1050, 303

in Anglican church, 494

applied to female relatives, 138, 331, 628

relaxation of, in 1536 and 1548, 518, 525

by Council of Trent, 538

efforts to enforce, in 17th century, 561

disregarded in modern times, 626

Nicetas Pectoratus, his defence of Greek church, 191

Nicholas de Clemanges (see Clemanges).

Nicholas I. enforces the rule of celibacy, 139

his relaxation of the rules, 141

on sacraments of sinful priests, 194

Nicholas II., his election, 192

his reforms, 194, 197, 199

he intervenes in Milanese troubles, 213

his canons on celibacy renewed, 227

he enforces celibacy in France, 255

his death, 200

Nicholas III., his efforts with Greek church, 328

Nicholas V., regulations of, 397

Nicholas the deacon, 34

Nicolites, heresy of, 34

priestly marriage ascribed to, 191, 201

married priests stigmatized as, 211

abjuration of, in Milan, 214

condemnation by C. of Piacenza, 221

in Germany, in 12th century, 318

Nigel of Ely, his revolt, 281

Niklaushausen, Hans of, 405

Nimptschen, escape of nuns from, 425

Nismes, residence of relatives forbidden, 332

Noailles, Cardinal, on absolution by guilty confessor, 576

Nobla Leyczon, La, 373, 374

Nomocanon of Photius, 87

Norbert, St., reforms effected by, 265

Nordhausen, Council of, in 1105, 244

Norfolk, married priests ejected in, 480

Norfolk, Duke of, suppresses the Pilgrimage of Grace, 456

introduces the Six Articles, 467

Normandy, condition of church in 10th century, 155

enforcement of celibacy in 12th century, 268, 319

North, Sir Edward, obtains the Charter-House, 451

Northmen, effect of their incursions, 139

Northumberland, Earl of, his insurrection in 1569, 496

Northumbrian priests, rules for, 168

Norway, rights of illegitimates in, 197

Nowell, Dean, on Council of Trent, 537

Nucius, Nicander, on English monasteries, 452, 458, 469

Nullity of marriage in orders introduced in 1123, 313

at Council of Trent, 536

Nunneries, disorders of, under Carlovingians, 137

in 10th century, 152

in 12th century, 264, 282, 318

in 13th century, 268

in 14th century, 340

in 15th century, 389, 393, 399

in 16th century, 451, 526, 527

abuse of confessional in, 572

Nuns, shaving of head prohibited, 104

punishment for unchastity, 131

seduction of, a capital offence, 136

their scandalous lives under Carlovingians, 137

test for their virtue, 292

their residence with monks, in Spain, 305

wives of monks must become, 324

ordered to sleep singly, 332

Lollard denunciations of them, 381

apostate, claimed by the church, 424

their emancipation, in the Reformation, 425, 427, 435

ejected, held to chastity in England, 469

their numbers in England, 471

married, divorce of, 480

their corruption by confessors, 523, 574, 586, 588

their trial by Inquisition, 588

secularized in Italy, 610

marriage of (see Marriage).

Nürnburg, Diet of, in 1522, 424, 431

in 1523, 69, 413, 424

secularization of Augustinians, 425

friars deprived of superintendence of nuns, 432

Nurses of priests’ children, their position, 306

Nursia, priest of, case of, 124

Oath of Knight Templars, 362

prescribed for French clergy, 589

Obedience, monachal, nature of, 102

Observances common to Catholicism and Buddhism, 35

and Mazdeism, 44

Odo of Canterbury, his indifference to celibacy, 166

Odo of Toul on relaxation of discipline, 326

Ogilby, Marion, 503

Old Catholics, schism of, 604

Olmutz, Synod of, in 1342, 338

in 1413, 383

in 1591, 555

Oral Law, development of, 24

burdens imposed by, 26

Orange, Council of, in 441, 60, 76

Ordeal, its use in ecclesiastical trials, 140

Ordericus Vitalis, 156, 176

Order of widows, apostolic, 96

Orders, military, the, 362

mendicant, the, 375

Orders, religious, their abolition recommended, 523, 587

unauthorized, suppressed in France, 621

Orders, holy, in Wickliffe’s reforms, 379

Ordination dissolves marriage, 313, 536

indelible under Wickliffe, 379

in modern France, 600-1

minimum age for, 624

sacrament of, attacked by Luther, 418

superior to marriage, 314, 642

Oriesis, St., rule of, 101

Origen, asceticism condemned by, 33

his self-mutilation, 40

Origenism, influence of, 86

Original sin, Council of Trent on, 640

Orihuella, Council of, in 1600, 557, 562, 574

Orleans, Council of, in 511, 80

in 533, 60, 80

in 538, 69, 80

in 541 and 549, 80

Ormanetto, Niccolo, his mission to Bavaria, 536

Orthodox Brethren, the, 375, 385

Orzechowski, Stanislas, case of, 540

Osber, Council of, in 1062, 201

Osbern, his life of St. Dunstan, 166

Osiander on virginity of the Virgin, 69

Osius of Cordova, influence of, 51

Osnabruck, Synods of, in 1625, 1628, 556, 558

Osorius on marriage of military orders, 365

Ossory, Council of, in 1320, 299

Oswald, St., his reforms, 169

Oswalde’s Law, charter of, 169

Otfrid of Watten, his troubles, 260

Othlonus, his temptations, 188

Otho I. deposes John XII., 144

condemns priestly marriage, 150

on sons of priests, 229

Otho IV., his league with John of England, 283

Otho of Constance, case of, 229

Otto of Ostia, his mission to Constance, 229

Otto, Cardinal, constitutions of, 288, 291

Ottoboni, constitutions of, 291

in Scotland, 301

Oxford, Council of, in 1222, 288

University of, on Wickliffe, 379

reform proposed by, 394

See of, created, 460

Paccanaristes, 613

Pachomius, rule of, 101

Paderborn, Synod of, in 1548, 528

proportion of clergy in, 631

Pagan priests, restrictions on, 49-50

Paleario, Aonio, on Council of Trent, 520

Palencia, Council of, in 1129, 308

in 1388, 311

Palermo, civil marriage valid in, 606

Palestine, monachism introduced in, 97

Panzini on condemnation of marriage, 47

on the suppression of religious orders, 610

on clerical morality, 632

is condemned as a heretic, 602, 642

Papacy, degradation of, in 10th cent., 144

in 11>th century, 176

released from subjection, 192

election limited to Roman clergy, 200

distrust inspired by, 395

restrictions on it in England, 417, 517

opposition to it in England, 444

supremacy abolished in England, 450

restored in England, 482

dependent on celibacy, 536

Papal Court, its immorality, 341, 345

its rapacity, 412, 416

its repugnance for C. of Trent, 519, 522

it hesitates as to celibacy in 18th century, 584

number of women in, 1882, 628

Papal dispensations, their effect, 322, 397

sale of, 321, 322, 345, 398, 516, 517, 522

admitted by Council of Trent, 535, 642

for married priests, 407, 442

Papal infallibility in Vatican Council, 608

Papalists known as Paterins, 237

Paphnutius, story of, 56

quoted in the Reformation, 419

Paraguay, suppression of monasteries in, 609

Parajika rules, in Buddhism, 94

Paregorius, case of, 84

Paris, Council of, in 615, 114

in 1074, 256

in 1212, 270, 332

in 1323, 351

in 1521 and 1528, 515

Huguenot Synod of, in 1559, 498

diocese of, absolution in, 576

Parlement of, regulates monastic orders, 585

Parker, Archbishop, his marriage, 472

his rejoinder to Martin, 480

his promotion, 487

he obtains priestly marriage from Elizabeth, 488

his visitation of 1567, 491

he remonstrates with Elizabeth, 493

he evades an extradition question, 513

Parker, Mrs., Elizabeth’s insolence to, 491

Parkyns, his account of Abyssinian church, 93

Parlement of Paris regulates monastic orders, 585

Parliament (English) confirms supremacy of Henry VIII., 450

enacts the Six Articles, 467

modifies the Six Articles, 471

legalizes priestly marriage, 473

commands respect for it, 476

reactionary measures under Mary, 478

repeals the laws of Henry VIII., 482

on confessional manuals, 634

Parliament (Scotch) of 1542, 503

of 1560, 506

Parliamentary Abbots in 1539, 458

Parma, trouble with married priests in, 222

Partidas, Las Siete, marriage forbidden in, 309

Partner in guilt, absolution by, 575-8, 633

Paschal II., his efforts to enforce celibacy, 244

enforces celibacy in Denmark, 253

in Britanny, 259

in Flanders, 262

in Spain, 305

on ministration of married priests, 275

on children of priests, 276

Passau, enforcement of celibacy in, 230

Council of, in 1284, 338

troubles of, in 1431, 395

Transaction of, 443

Paterins, origin of the name, 211

their heresy, 207

their doctrines, 367

German papalists so called, 237

Patmore, Thomas, punishment of, 462

Patra, the Buddha’s begging-dish, 35

Patrician heresy, 45

Patrick, St., his classification of merit, 46

founds Irish church, 159

celibacy in his church, 76

Synod of, in 672, 160

Patronage, abuse of, France, 16th cent., 515

Paul, St., his liberalizing views, 26

his asceticism, 31

he enjoins abstinence from women, 49

on ministration of women, 60

his order of widows, 96

Paul III. prevents reconciliation with Lutherans, 441

grants dispensations for married priests, 442

excommunicates Henry VIII., 455

convokes Council of Trent, 520

attempts a reform of the church, 516, 522

obliged to abandon it, 523

Paul IV. pronounces Savonarola orthodox, 386

on English church-lands, 483

on abuse of confessional, 568

puts his own “Consilium” in the Index, 523

Paul V. on abuse of confessional, 569

Paul of Samosata, case of, 42

Paul the Thebæan, the first anchorite, 97

Paula, Francisco de, advocates clerical marriage, 602

Pauline Christianity, 27

Paupers, monastic vows taken only by, 168

Pavia, Council of, in 1022, 178

schismatic Synod of, in 1076, 219, 220

Payne, Peter, 382

Peasants’ War, the, 435

Peckham of Canterbury, efforts of, 291

Pedro de Luna, legate to Spain, 310

Pekin, number of Buddhist monks in, 95

Pelagius I. endeavors to enforce the canons, 123

separates wives of subdeacons, 124

Pelagius II., his relaxation of rules, 122

Peñafiel, Council of, in 1302, 310

Penance of married priests under Mary, 481

term of, for infraction of canons, 80, 157, 160

for unchastity, 169

Penitential of Theodore on marriage, 48

Penitentials, coarseness of, 566, 634

Penitentiary, taxes of the, 428

Pepin d’Heristel, policy of his house, 127

Pepin-le-Bref reforms the clergy, 132

his policy, 134

Pères de la Foi, 613

Périgord, Manichæism in, in 1147, 207

Persecution of Manichæans, 43

Persecution of monks by Leo the Isaurian, 90

by Valens, 99

of married priests, 234, 423

of Catholics in Scotland, 512

of celibacy under the Terror, 593

Perth, monasteries destroyed in, 508

Peru, corruption of church of, 564-5

Perushim, 25

Peter, St., his view of Christ’s mission, 26

Peter d’Ailly on corruption of priests, 350

on nunneries, 389

he condemns Men of Intelligence, 385

Peter of Antioch, 107

Peter Cantor on clerical morals, 265

on false accusations, 369

Peter of Capua, Cardinal, enforces celibacy in Poland, 251

Peter, Cardinal, exhorted to suppress marriage, 203

Peter Comestor deprecates celibacy, 325

Peter Martyr, tumult in Oxford against, 474

exhumation of his wife, 484

Peter the Venerable, miracle related by, 266

he refutes the Petrobrusians, 370

Peter de Vinea on official venality, 284

Peter Waldo, his career, 372

Peterboro’, the first bishop of, 454

See of, created, 460

Petrarch, his opinion of papal court, 342

Petrobrusian heresy, 370

Petronio, Marco, on clerical morality, 631

Peutwitz, escape of nuns from, 425

Peyrinnis, Laurent de, regulations of, 562

Pfaffenkind, 336

Pharisees, 25

Philibert of Sedan on clerical marriage, 594

Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, 429

Philip of Savoy, his career, 290

Philip II. prevents the granting of clerical marriage, 544

his policy with regard to Council of Trent, 547, 553

he supports St. Charles Borromeo, 551

Philippe, frère, of the Écoles Chrétiennes, 617, 620

Philo on Therapeutæ, 26

Phlebotomy of monks prohibited, 138

Phœbe the deacon, 60

Photinus, 39

his heresy as to the Virgin, 68

Physicians, prelates not to be, 227

Piacenza, Bishop of, aids to elect Cadalus, 200

Council of, in 1095, 221

trouble in, 222

Pibo of Toul inquires as to sacerdotal marriage, 243

Picardi, 385

Pictish church, character of, 160

Piedmont, priestly marriage in, 202

monastic orders suppressed in, 609

number of clergy in, 630

Pier-Leone, antipope, his character, 341

Pierre de Bruys, 370

Piers Ploughman, Vision of (see Langlande).

Piers Ploughman, Creed of, 352

on Franciscans, 376

Pietro Igneo excommunicates married priests, 222

Pietro, schismatic Bishop of Lucca, 222

Pietro de Santa Maria enforces celibacy in Bohemia, 246

Pignan, disorders of canons of, 573

Pilgrimage of Grace, the, 455

Pilgrims, female, dangers to, 164

deterred from visiting Rome, 145

Pinytus of Gnosus, his asceticism, 34

Pisa, Council of, failure of its reforms, 413

Pistoia, trouble with married priests in, 222

state of convents of, 586

Council of, in 1786, 587

Pius II. on the origin of celibacy, 29

he favors clerical marriage, 406

he increases the annates of Mainz, 412

Pius III. his Bull of Reformation, 523

Pius IV. on the origin of celibacy, 29

he admits the story of Paphnutius, 56

he reconvokes the Council of Trent, 521

he temporizes with demand for clerical marriage, 531

he swears his prelates to support vows of chastity, 533

he approves his legates’ tergiversation, 535

he concedes the cup to German laity, 541

his treatment of Orzechowski, 541

he inclines to grant clerical marriage, 544

but at length refuses, 545

he orders reception of C. of Trent, 547

on abuse of confessional, 568

Pius V. admits that heresy is justified by clerical immorality, 430

his accession, 547

his reforms, 548-50

he suppresses the Umiliati, 552

his Bull Contra Sodomitas, 578

is stigmatized as a Lutheran, 641

Pius VI. on abuse of confessional, 578

Pius VIII. offers to permit clerical marriage, 598

Pius IX. on dissolution of priestly marriage, 317

he resists clerical marriage, 601

his organization of the Vatican Council, 603

he denounces civil marriage, 605

growth of church under him, 608

his policy on monastic vows, 610-11

on absolution for solicitation, 633

Podiebrads, the, of Bohemia, 384

Poissy, Colloquy of, on virginity of the Virgin, 69

its result, 559

Poitiers, Council of, in 1000, 157

in 1078, 256

Huguenot Synod of, in 1560, 559

Bishop of, on degradation of clergy, 638

Poland, enforcement of celibacy in, 251

its alliance with Bohemia, 384

its complaints of papal exactions, 397

clerical celibacy questioned in 15th century, 409

clerical marriage demanded in 1556, 529

case of Orzechowski, 540

reception of Council of Trent, 547

celibacy discussed in 18th century, 584

Pole, Cardinal, on need of reformation, 522

his legatine powers, 478

is installed as legate, 482

he enforces celibacy, 483

he orders exhumation of Peter Martyr’s wife, 484

he forbids withdrawal of married priests, 485

his death, 486

Political importance of celibacy, 201

influence of married priests in 1061, 200

of monachism, 106

of Belgian clergy, 623

teaching of monachism, 617-8

Pollution of priests among the Jews, 22

Polygamy of Jews and Christians, 38

of priesthood, 172, 181, 247

permitted by John of Leyden, 438

Pomerania, clerical morals in 15th cent., 401

Pomeranius on Luther’s marriage, 425

Pontanus on Alexander VI., 345

Pontigny, Abbot of, punished, 404

Poor Men of Lyons, 373

Poor-laws, English, commencement of, 460

Poor, relief of, in Scotland, 508

Pope (see Papal).

Pope, Simon, case of, 479

Poppo of Brixen created pope, 187

Popular desire for clerical celibacy, 77, 234

invoked by the church, 227, 232

Population, influence of celibacy on, 360

Port of Spain, Council of, in 1854, 626, 633

Portalis promises clerical marriage under the Concordat, 596

forbids it, 597

Portugal, military orders in, 365

abuse of confessional in, 569

Poverty not required in primitive monachism, 101, 112

enforced in rule of Tetradius, 112

in rule of military orders, 362

of Irish church, 297

of Scottish church, 508

of Waldenses, 374

of Franciscans, 376

Poynette, Bishop, his writings, 473, 480

Præmunire for recognizing papal authority, 456

Pragmatic Sanction of 1438, 396

Prague, enforcement of celibacy in, 246

Univ. of, condemns Wickliffe, 382

Councils of, in 1405-7, 383

in 1565, 554, 556

in 1860, 627, 633

clerical marriage in 1578, 555

Confession of Faith of 1432, 384

Pratimoksha, the, 94

Predestinarianism of Huss, 382

Prelates not to be physicians, 227

Prélibation, droit de, 354

Premontré, order of, 264

Priests, children of (see Children).

divorces of (see Divorces).

marriage of (see Marriage).

immorality of (see Morals).

forbidden to bear arms, in 1049, 189

compelled to keep concubines, 310, 388, 389

privileges of their concubines, 339

reconciled, treatment of, in England, 484, 485

their position, in French Revolution, 590-2

obliged to join in wolf-hunts, 303

purgation of, in Saxon England, 174

punishment of, for unchastity, 131

responsible for parish property, 123

their position in modern France, 637

sinful, their ministrations, 194, 368, 374, 379, 383

their influence, 346

mutually absolve each other, 428

adulterous wives of, to be put away, 39

their wives in Italy, in 8th century, 127

disorders caused by, 147, 175

stigmatized as concubines, 196

reduced to slavery, 242

assumed to be women in service, 489

their resistance to celibacy, 202, 212, 222, 228, 231

their power and privileges, 355

they corrupt the laity, 265, 346, 350, 429, 430, 518, 530, 533, 586, 629

Priesthood, hereditary (see Hereditary).

becomes indelible, in 12th century, 314

is incompatible with medicine, 227

Priestly caste, danger of creating, 225

Primitive church, asceticism in, 31

marriage permitted in, 28

Privileges accorded to priests’ concubines, 339

Procedure, ecclesiastical, gives practical immunity, 140

Procopius, St., his marriage, 181

Procopius the Hussite, 384

Prodicus, heresy of, 33

Promotion dependent on celibacy, 75, 76

Property, church, threatened by priestly marriage, 123

dilapidation, in 10th cent., 145, 147

in France before 1789, 589

Property, monastic, in England, 459

confiscated in Germany, 434, 437, 439

in France, 589

in Italy, 609

Prosecution of clerical offenders in France, 636

Prostitution encouraged by celibacy, 629

Prota, Dr., on civil marriage, 606

Protection accorded to clerical criminals, 635

Provence, Waldenses in, 375

Prussia, foundation of kingdom of, 434

acknowledges clerical marriage, 604

proportion of clergy in, 630

Prussia, West, morals of clergy, in 15th century, 402

Public school system of France, 623

Punishment, mildness of, for solicitation, 571

Purgation of Anglo-Saxon priests, 174

of married priests, 277

Purgatory maintained by Henry VIII., 454

Puricelli on marriage of Eriberto of Milan, 209

on Ambrosian tradition, 210

Puritanism, influence of, 357

Purity required of pagan priests, 49

Quebec, Councils of, in 1851 and 1854, 626, 633

Quedlinburg, Diet of, in 1085, 239

Quimper, diocese of, hereditary descent in, 259

Quinisext in Trullo, 88

Quito, Council of, in 1869, 627

Radulphus Ardens on Manichæism, 208

on clerical morals, 265

Rainbaldo of Fiesole, 180

Ranald and Raymond, case of, 146

Rapacity of papal court, 412, 416

Rasfeldt, Bishop, his misadventures, 548

Ratherius of Verona on hereditary transmission, 146

his priests all married, 148

his contest with his clergy, 150

Ratisbon, Council of, in 13th century, 248

in 1512, 429

Assembly of, in 1524, 423

Diet of, in 1532, 439

in 1541, 440

Bishop John of, 429

Ratramnus of Corvey on Nicene canons, 55

Rauscher, Cardinal, denounces civil marriage, 605

Ravenna, Council of, in 967, condemns priestly marriage, 150

in 997, 157

in 1568, 553

in 1855, 627

Raymond of Gallicia, 307

Raymond du Puy founds Knights of St. John, 362

Recared I. enforces celibacy, 121

Reconciliation of Imperialist clergy, in 1106, 245

of Anglican clergy, 484, 485

of England to Rome, 482

Reformation, the, in Germany, 410-43

caused by clerical corruption, 430, 514, 516, 518, 527, 529, 548, 556 sqq.

in England, 444-97

in France, 498-500

in Scotland, 501-13

Reforms proposed at Constance, 391

undertaken at Bâle, 395

attempted at Trent, 538

Réfractaires priests, 590

Regency, Council of, in 1523, 424

Reggio, trouble with married priests in, 222

Reginald of Canterbury, his life of St. Malchus, 275

Regino of Pruhm on residence of female relatives, 138

on legalized concubinage, 196

Regnier the Albigensian, 367

Relatives, residence of (see Residence).

Relaxation for abuse of confessional, 569

Relics, false, sold by monks, 102

ridiculed by Erasmus, 414

impostures of, in England, 458

Renan, Ernest, on morality of clergy, 625

Renaud of Rheims protects Flemish priests, 261

Residence of relatives forbidden, 138, 331, 555, 560

its danger, 628

of women, canon of Nicæa on, 53

Emperor Honorius on, 55

prohibition enforced, 84

in Greek church, 91

by Gregory I., 124

forbidden, in 744, 132

legislation on, 136

tolerated in Spain, 303, 307, 309

regulated in 1536, 518

over forty years old permitted, 525

permitted by Council of Trent, 538

regulations for, 554, 560, 561

in Spanish colonies, 563

modern rules for, 626, 628

Resistance of clergy to celibacy, 202, 212, 222, 228, 231

Responsibility of the church, 355

thrown upon God, 536, 624

Restoration, monachism under the, 613

Restrictions on monachism by Valens, 99

by Majorian, 105

in the East, 107

in modern times, 608, 613, 621

on clerical marriage by Elizabeth, 489

Results of celibacy, 330

Reuchlin and the theologians, 413

Revolution, French, its treatment of the church, 588-94

tolerates Sisters of Charity, 613

of 1830, its influence on monachism, 614

Rhea, worship of, 50

Rheims, Council of, in 874, 141

in 1049, 189

in 1119, 267

in 1130, 314, 315

in 1148, 315

in 1408, 350

in 1564, 559

in 1583, 560

in 1849, 626

Rhodes, Knights of, 362, 366, 458

Ribadeneira, his life of Loyola, 517

Ricci, Scipione dei, 587

Richard of Albano appealed to, 261

Richard of Dover on suppression of monasteries, 455, 456

on starving out of monasteries, 457

on false relics, 458

intercedes for ejected monks, 460

Richard the Fearless reforms Fécamp, 155

Richard Fitz-Neal, his advancement, 281

Richard of Marseilles, papal legate to Spain, 304

Richmond, Thos., case of, 382

Richstich Landrecht, children of clerks in, 336

Riculfus of Soissons on incest, 138

Ridley, Bishop, prepares the Forty-two Articles, 475

Rigobert, St., of Rheims, 129

Ritualists, Anglican, on marriage, 476

Rivera on toleration of adultery, 566

Robber Synod at Ephesus, 107

Robert d’Arbrissel, his reforms, 258, 265

Robert of Artois, case of, 261

Robert, Cardinal, his constitutions, 332

Robert the Frisian enforces celibacy, 260

Robert the Good (Naples) remits fines on concubinage, 339

Robert the Hierosolymitan of Flanders, 261

Robert the Pious, his neglect of celibacy, 179

he burns heretics, 207

Robert of Rouen, his character, 155

Robles, his life of Ximenes, 403

Roderic of Spain repeals Witiza’s laws, 122

Rodolf of Bourges on residence of female relatives, 138

Rodolf of Swabia, his coronation at Mainz, 236

Rodolphus Glaber on simony, 185

Rodriguez on seduction in confessional, 570

Roman clergy, papal election by, 200

Roman Law, concubinage under, 196

Roman Republic, abrogation of monastic vows in 1849, 609

Rome, Council of, in 384, 64, 103

in 721, and 722, 127

in 745, 132

in 826, 196

in 1051, 189

in 1052, 196

in 1057, 192

in 1059, 194

in 1063, 196, 202

in 1066, 216

in 1074, 227

in 1075, 231

in 1076, 229, 232

in 1079, 56

in 1725, 626

pseudo-council under Silvester, 55, 122

avarice of, 397, 412

brothels kept by prelates in, 429

England reconciled to, 482

Germany oppressed by, 412

heretics forbidden in, 70

its influence extended to Ireland, 296

to Spain, 303

jurisdiction of, its limits, 84

its demoralizing effect, 139, 322, 345

surrendered by Alexander IV., 334

morals of Pagan, 32

of Christian, 81, 181, 341, 549, 587

modern political opinions of, 618

number of clergy in, 630

pilgrims deterred from visiting, 145

reforms of Pius V., 550

revision of modern councils at, 628

rule respecting the subdiaconate, 124

supremacy over Milan asserted, 213

toleration of attacks, 15th cent., 387, 417

of sacrilege and lust, 431

of Greek discipline, 640

Romuald the priest, case of, 127

Romuald, St., 186

Rosceline on priests’ children, 276

Rota, priest of, his fate, 236

Rothius on the Nicolites, 34

Rouen, Archbishops of, in 10th cent., 155

Council of, in 1072, 256

in 1148, 372

in 1189, 322

in 1581, 500

in 1850, 626, 633

Roussillon, Edict of, in 1564, 499

Rules of monachism, early, 101

of St. Benedict, 112

of St. Cassianus, 101, 110

of St. Chrodegang, 134

of St. Columba, 160

of St. Oriesis, 101

of St. Pachomius, 101

of St. Tetradius, 112

Rupert of Duits on priestly marriage, 247

Ruremonde, Synod of, in 1570, 562

Russel, Lord, suppresses insurrection in Devon, 475

Russian church, customs of, 91

Rusticus of Narbonne, 76

Sabatati, 373

Saccofori, 44

Sacerdotalism, necessity of celibacy to, 225

popular antagonism to, 368

Sachsenspiegel, children of clerks in, 336

Sacrament of marriage inferior to ordination, 313, 315, 642

of sinful priests, 194, 368, 374, 379, 383

Sacrilege and lust, tolerance for, 431

Sadducees, conservatism of, 24

Sadoleto, Card., on need of reformation, 522

Saignet, his advocacy of clerical marriage, 353, 406

St. Albans, Abbey of, its disorders, 399

St. Caterina di Pistoia, Abbess of, 586

St. Cornelius, church of, charter to, 270

St. Denis, Council of, in 995, 154

Abbey of, its disorders, 264

St. Esprit, Society of, 613

St. Fara, monastery of, its disorders, 264

St. Gildas de Ruys, Abbey of, 264

St. Iago of Compostella, church of, 306

St. James of the Sword, Order of, 363

St. John, Knights of, 362, 366, 458

St. Louis, Council of, in 1858, 627

St. Marco, preservation of, in 1866, 609

St. Martin of Tours, Abbey of, 404

St. Mary of Argenteuil, Convent of, 264

St. Michael, Order of, 365

St. Omer, Synod of, in 1099, 261

in 1583, 560

in 1640, 562

St. Peter of Sens, Abbey of, 153

St. Riquier, Abbey of, its strictness, 404

St. Sabina, Cardinal of, enforces celibacy in Sweden, 253

St. Stephen, church of, in Aretino, 147

St. Ursmar, married canons of, 270

St. Vitus, monks of, reformed by Gregory I., 114

Saintes, monastic school at, case of, 619

Saints in Benedictine Order, 113

Salamanca, Council of, in 1335, 310

Salerno, Council of, in 1596, 553

Salona, Archbishop of, degraded, 188

Salvianus on condition of morals, 81

Salzburg, disorders in 12th century, 247

Archbishop of, demands suppression of clerical marriage, 530

asks for clerical marriage, 539

impossibility of reform, 16th century, 548, 554

XXXth Council of, 350

in 1537, 518

in 1549, 527

in 1562, 531

Sampson, Thos., on position of married clergy, 496

Samson, Nazirate of, 22

Samuel, Nazirate of, 22

Sanadon of Oléron on clerical marriage, 594

Sanders on Cranmer, 470, 474

on delay in authorizing priestly marriage, 488

on Elizabethan clergy, 494

Sandys, Bishop, on delay of priestly marriage, 488

his quarrel with Sir J. Bourne, 496

Sanghadisesa rules, in Buddhism, 95

Sangharamas, Buddhist, 94

Sangreal, the, 35

Sankhya school, 23

Sannazaro on Innocent VIII. and Alexander VI., 345

Sannyasis, class of, 23

Sanseverino, Council of, in 1597, 553

Santafé, Council of, in 1556, 563

Saoshyans, the Zend Messiah, 35

Sarabaitæ, 107, 109, 115

Saragossa, Council of, in 381, 98, 100

in 592, 80

Sarah, Abbess, her fortitude, 188

Sardinia, civil marriage enacted, 605

suppression of monasteries, 609

Sarpi, Fra Paolo, on Tridentine points of faith, 641

Satan, his estimate of chastity, 348

his gratitude to the church, 351

venerated by Begghards, 377

Saturnilus, heresy of, 33

Saurin vs. Starr and Kennedy, 611

Savonarola, 386

on priestly morals, 399

on morals of nunneries, 403

on abuse of confessional, 567

Savoy, priestly marriage in, 203

in the Revolution, 592

Saxon bishops ejected by Normans, 271

married priests in Ireland, 298

(See, also, Anglo-Saxon.)

Saxony, commencement of priestly marriage in, 419

Sbinco of Prague, his reforms, 383

Scandal more dreaded than sin, 518, 565, 567, 568, 571, 577, 579, 619, 628, 634-5

Scandals of agapetæ, 41

Scandinavia, morals of bishops, 389

Scania, demand for priestly marriage in, 252

Scaren, plunder of bishopric of, 279

Schening, Council of, in 1548, 253

Schism of 1061, influence of celibacy on, 200

Schmalkalden, League of, its founding, 438

its overthrow, 441

its negotiations with Henry VIII., 466

Schmidt, Conrad, his heresy, 385

Schmidt, Johann, Bishop of Vienna, 439

School system, public, in France, 623

Schools of monastic orders in France, 617-21

Scotland, its church, founded by Columba, 160

claim of York on, 161

celibacy in early church of, 161

position of concubines in, 197

enforcement of celibacy in, 299

Council of, in 1225, 301

the Reformation in, 501-13

Scribes, their influence, 24

Scythianus, precursor of Manes, 44

Sebastian of Portugal on papal dispensations, 517

Second marriages (see Marriage).

Secular power invoked to regulate monachism, 100

protects married priests, 151, 152

its assistance invoked, 178, 203, 293, 294, 309, 559, 560

celibacy subject to, 583

Secularization of church property in Germany, 427, 435, 437

in England, 454-60

in France, 589

in Italy, 609

of education in France, 623

Seduction of nuns a capital offence, 136

Segenfrid of Le Mans, evil courses of, 152

Sendomir, Agreement of, 385

Sens, Council of, in 1850, 626

Seraphin of Gran on marriage, 249

Sergius III., his immorality, 144

Serfs, ordination of, 155

Servant, priest’s wife assumed to be a, 489

Servitude of sons of priests, 155

of their wives, 189, 242, 309

Severus repeals Majorian’s laws, 106

Seville, Council of, in 590, 80

in 1512, 400

dress of concubines regulated, 517

abuse of confessional in, 569

Sextus Philosophus on mutilation, 40

Shaving, resistance of clergy to, 553

Shaxton, Bishop, opposes the Six Articles, 469

Sheep-farming, discontent caused by, 474

Shrewsbury, hereditary benefices in, 272

Sicily, monachism reformed by Gregory I., 114

celibacy of subdeacons, 124

children of ecclesiastics in, 335

civil marriage valid, 606

episcopal convention of, in 1850, 626

Sickingen, Franz von, 421

Siedeler, Jacob, fate of, 419

Siegfrid of Mainz, his troubles with celibacy, 231

Siete Partidas on origin of celibacy, 29

celibacy enjoined in, 309

Sigismund (Emp.) advocates clerical marriage, 406

Silesia, heresy of John of Pirna, 378

marriage in post-Tridentine church, 555

clerical marriage asked for in 1831, 601

Silvester I. on abuse of confession, 567

forged canons of, 122, 137

Silvester II. on celibacy, 157

Silvester III., election of, 183

Simon, Jules, opposes secularized education, 623

Simoniacal priests, sacraments of, 195

Simony, in 11th century, 185, 214

its repression by Leo IX., 189

by Gregory VII., 229

papal, 398

Simple vows prevent marriage, 321

Simplicius, St., of Autun, case of, 78

Sin (see Scandal).

its influence on sacraments, 194

Wickliffe’s definition of, 379

Siricius makes no reference to Nicene canon, 55

commands celibacy, 65, 72

on heresy of Bonosus, 68

of Jovinian, 69

on disregard of vows, 100

on monastic unchastity, 103

Sister, residence of (see Residence).

Sisters of Charity, 612-3

Sithieu, Abbey of, its strictness, 404

Sitten, Synod of, in 1500, 402

Six Articles (see Articles).

Sixtus III. on marriage, 47

his trial, 82

Sixtus IV., his vices, 344

his sale of preferments, 398

Sixtus V. on children of cardinals, 550

Skopsis, sect of, 41

Slave children of priests emancipated, 563

Slavery for wives of priests, 189, 242, 389

for their sons, 155

Slaves, female, their union with priests, 249

Slavonic church, its connection with the Greek, 244

adherence to priestly marriage, 251

Sleidan on organized concubinage, 353

Sleswick, clerical morals in 15th cent., 402

Smaragdus on monastic impostors, 115

Smith, Dr. Richard, on clerical matrimony, 474

Smith, Sir Thomas, on celibacy, 497

Socrates on the story of Paphnutius, 56

on observance of celibacy, 86

Soissons, Synod of, in 744, 132

Manichæism in 1114, 207

Solicitation (see Confessional).

Somerset the Protector encourages the reformers, 472

Sons of priests (see Children).

Sorbonne, the, condemns Hildebrandine doctrine, 382

condemns Jean Lallier, 408

refuses conference with Melanchthon, 440

Sormitz, escape of nuns from, 425

Sousa, Ant. de, on solicitation, 571

Sozomen relates the story of Paphnutius, 56

Spain, celibacy first enforced in, 50, 66

disregarded in 375, 65

legislation in 400, 75

continued efforts required, 80

morals of, in 4th century, 81

monasticism in 7th century, 115

celibacy in Arian church, 120

reforms attempted by Catholicism, 121

church property guarded, 123

concubines, position of, 196, 197

enforcement of celibacy in, 302

priestly marriage universal, 303

delay in abrogating priestly marriage, 305

immorality of clergy, 311

military orders, 363

demoralization in 15th century, 400

Ximenes and the Franciscans, 402

morals in 16th century, 517

priestly marriage demanded, 556

concubinage of ecclesiastics, 557

the Colonial church, 563

abuse of confessional, 568-74

case of Father Mena, 579

census of the church in 1764, 588

civil marriage agitated, 605

Spalatin, his record of priestly marriages, 422

Spalatro, Council of, in 925, 149

in 1185, 250

Spaldwick, Vicar of, scandal caused by, 485

Spandel, Chris., on corruption of clergy, 556

Spanish church, its independence of Rome, 302

colonies, corruption of church in, 563

Spelman on Anglo-Saxon monachism, 173

Spifame, Bishop of Nevers, 499

Spiti, number of monks in, 95

Spotswood claims extradition of Baron’s wife, 513

Sraddha, 23

Standards of morality, 269, 347, 349, 627

State, permission of the, required by monastic orders in 1760, 585

its subjection to the church, 618, 639

Statistics of abuse of confessional, 573, 636

of Buddhist monachism, 95

of clergy in France, 593, 637

in Germany, 630-1

in Italy, 630

in Naples, 631

of Company of Jesus, 615

of monachism in Austria, 615

in Belgium, 615

in France, 614, 615, 617

Stephen IX. forces episcopate on Damiani, 186

his efforts at reform, 192

intervenes in Milanese troubles, 212

Stephen, King (England), his siege of Devizes, 281

Stephen of Halberstadt on the Imperialists, 239

Sterckx, Archbishop, his “Petronilla,” 629

Stipends of married priests guaranteed, 594

Stokesley of London on suppression of monasteries, 454

on priestly marriage, 462

Storck and the Anabaptists, 438

Strassburg, popular protection of married priests, 423

Synod of, in 1549, 528

in 1687, 562

Strype, his description of English clergy, 476

Sturmius, Balt., his marriage, 421

Subdeacons allowed to marry, 39

their marriage forbidden in 530, 86

separated from their wives, 124

marriage of, forbidden in 952, 149

subjected to the canon, 196, 204

when married, removed from benefice, 242

their celibacy in Dalmatia, 250

their marriage in Hungary, 250

and in Austria, 1267, 251

their celibacy in Denmark, 253

rules in England, 274

exceptions in favor of immorality, 320

their marriage permitted, 324

Suchuen, abuse of confessional in, 578

Suczinsky, Dean, his marriage, 604

Suffolk, Duke of, suppresses insurrection, 455

Suger of St. Denis imprisons Éon de l’Étoile, 372

Suidger of Bamberg created pope, 184

Sulpicius Severus, St., favors Vigilantius, 71

Sulpitius of Bourges, 118

Suppression of monasteries in Germany, 427, 435

in England, 448, 454

means adopted for, 457

financial results of, 460

by Joseph II., 584

in France, 589

in recent times, 608-9

Suzor of Tours on clerical marriage, 594

Swabia, enforcement of celibacy in, 233

Sweden, position of concubines in, 197

enforcement of celibacy in, 252

Englishmen as bishops, 278

morals of bishops, 389

Swithin, St., marriage of, 165

Switzerland, celibacy at Constance, 229

clerical morals of, 13th century, 340

organized concubinage in, 353

Zwingli’s movement, 421

demoralization in 16th century, 429

clerical marriage in modern times, 601

Syllabus of 1864 on dissolution of marriage, 317

its political teachings, 618

argued away by Dupanloup, 642

Symmachus prohibits marriage of nuns, 111

on confessors and penitents, 567

Synesius, case of, 85

Taas, Hussite victory of, 382

Taborites, the, 383

Tacitus on morality of Germans, 118

Taillard on origin of celibacy, 30

Talasius of Angers on celibacy, 79

Talesperianus of Lucca, charter of, 127

Talleyrand secularizes church property, 589

Talon, Omer, on marriage of apostates, 501

Tamar and Judah, 21

Tanner, Dr., on number of ejected priests, 480

Tapas, character of, 24

Tarento, Archb. of, advocates marriage, 631

Tarragona, Council of, in 516, 80

in 1591, 562

in 1717, 626

Tatianus, heresy of, 33

Taxes of the Penitentiary, 428, 517

Teachers, character of monastic, 618

Teaching, political, of monachism, 618

Tedaldo, Archbishop of Milan, 219

Templars, military order of, 362

Temporal possessions (see Secularization).

Temporalities of church endangered by marriage, 63, 407

of married clerks, seizure of, 258

Tenure of chastity, benefices held by, 311

Terbinthus, teacher of Manes, 44

Terouane, marriage of priests in, 262

Terror, the, position of priests under, 590

persecution of celibacy, 593

Sisters of Charity tolerated, 613

Tertullian denounces second marriages, 36

on virginity of the Virgin, 68

on merits of widows and virgins, 96

on accusations against Christians, 208

Test, clerical marriage as a, 592

Tetradius, St., Rule of, 112

Tetzel, sale of indulgences by, 413

Teutonic Knights, order of, 366

marriage of, 434

tribes, virtue of, 82

Thane-right, 173

Theatricals in nunneries, 527

Theocracy proposed by Gregory VII., 223

Theodatus of Corvey, success of, 227

Theodore of Canterbury, his penitential, 48, 162

on sacrament of sinful priests, 195

Theodore Studita on monastic morals, 109

Theodoric of Verdun, his remonstrances, 233

Theodoric a Niem on John XXII., 344

on Swedish bishops, 389

Theodosius the Great suppresses polygamy, 38

prohibits shaving of nuns, 104

restricts monachism, 108

Theodosius of Jerusalem, 107

Theodulf of Orleans on incest, 138

Theodwin and Albert at Council of Avranches, 319

Theophilus of Alexandria, rigor of, 349

Theophylact on “unius uxoris vir,” 38

Therapeutæ, 26

Thessalonica, celibacy enforced in, 86

Thibaut of Oxford on priests’ children, 276

Thomas Aquinas (see Aquinas).

Thomas à Becket on simony, 284

Thomas of Cantinpré on corrupting influence of priesthood, 350

Thomas of Walden on Wickliffe, 379

Thomas, Wm., on English monasteries, 452

de Thou, on refusal to grant clerical marriage, 544

Thuringia, the Brethren of the Cross, 385

Thurles, Council of, in 1850, 626, 633

Tibet, number of monks in, 95

Tibullus on purity required for sacrifice, 49

Timotheists, their heresy, 376

Tithes, seizure of, by the laity, 258

Toledo, Council of, in 398, 196, 566

in 400, 75, 105

in 531, 80

in 589, 80, 120

in 597 and 633, 80

in 653, 80, 121

in 655, 121

in 675, 80

in 1565 and 1582, 562, 574

discipline of, in Spanish church, 302

Toleration of attacks by Rome, 386, 415, 417

Toleration, condemned by the church, 618

Tonsure, differences as to, 161, 163

Toribio, St., of Peru, 564

Torné of Bourges, his marriage, 591

Tortosa, Council of, in 1429, 311, 364

Torture not allowed in trials for solicitation, 571

Toul, hereditary transmission in, 266

relaxation of discipline in, 326

Toulouse, Council of, in 1056, 255, 304

in 1119, 208, 267

in 1850, 626, 633

spread of heresy in, 207, 370

Tournay, Synod of, in 1520, 575

in 1574, 560

Tournon, Cardinal, his efforts at reform, 515

Tours, Council of, in 460, 80

in 567, 80, 120

in 925, 146

in 1060, 198, 255

in 1096, 263

in 1163, 319

in 1583, 560

in 1849, 626

Trani, married bishop deposed, 197

civil marriage valid in, 606

Transaction of Cadam, 439

of Passau, 443

Transsubstantiation, Wickliffe’s error on, 378

Treason, English monks punished for, 451, 457

Treglia, Andrea, case of, 606

Tréguier, residence of relatives forbidden, 332

Trent, Council of, 514-45

expectations with regard to it, 441, 443

it authorizes dispensations for married priests, 442

its canons on matrimony, 534-6

on adultery, 566

its non-reception in France, 546

its reception elsewhere, 547

failure of its reforms, 548 sqq.

enforcement of its canons, 552, 553, 554

it avoids reference to abuse of confessional, 568

on power of absolution, 575

on age of ordination, 624

on gift of chastity, 624

on residence of women, 626, 628

on celibacy as matter of faith, 640

Trèves, persecution of married clergy in, 234

morals of clergy, in 12th century, 248

Archbp., asks for clerical marriage, 539

effort for clerical marriage, in 1833, 601

proportion of clergy in, 631

Synod of, in 1548, 525

in 1549, 526

in 1678, 562

Trialogus, Wickliffe’s, 380

Tribunal, mixed, for married priests, 257

Tribur, assembly of, in 1076, 237

Trinidad and Mercede, Orders of, 311

Trithemius on Benedictine saints, 113

on monastic immorality, 404

Tropea, sister of Pier-Leone, 342

Trosley, Council of, in 909, 141

Troyes, Synod of, in 1107, 245

in 1128, 362

Tsadukim, hereditary priesthood of, 22

their conservatism, 24

Tuam, Council of, in 1854, 633

Tudeschi, Nich., advocates clerical marriage, 406

Turin, Council of, in 401, 75

Turner, John, penance of, 481

Turquoing, suppression of unauthorized orders in, 622

Tuscany, priestly marriage defended in, 199

clerical morals in 18th century, 586

Tyndale advocates priestly marriage, 462

Ulric, St., of Augsburg on priestly marriage, 149

Ulric of Bohemia founds Abbey of Zagow, 181

Ulric of Tegernsee on bigamy, 181

Umbilicani, 24

Umiliati, their struggle with St. Charles Borromeo, 551

Unchastity, forgiveness for, in False Decretals, 136

punished as homicide, 169

United States, priestly marriage in, 607

morality of clergy in, 625

recent Councils of, 626-7, 633

University Fellows, celibacy of, 492

Urban II. on sacraments of sinful priests, 195

creates Conrad King of Lombardy, 220

reconciles the Milanese clergy, 220

holds Council of Piacenza, 221

enforcement of celibacy attributed to, 225

not recognized in Germany, 241

his enforcement of celibacy, 242

protects Flemish priests, 261

declares marriage incompatible with Orders, 313

Urban III. enforces celibacy in Dalmatia, 250

Urban VIII. on abuse of confessional, 573

Urbicus of Clermont, case of, 73

Urbino, Council of, in 1569, 553

in 1859, 627

Urraca, Queen, 306

Useria, supposed wife of Eriberto of Milan, 209

Utopia, Sir Thomas More’s, 446

Utraquists, the, 384

Utrecht, condition of nunneries, 14th century, 340

reception of Council of Trent in, 553

Synods of, in 1561 and 1565, 554

in 1865, 627, 633

Vagabond monks, 102, 109, 115

Vagabondage, Tudor laws on, 455, 460

Valence, Council of, in 374, 100, 103

Valencia, Council of, in 1255, 309

in 1565, 562

Valens, his restrictions on monachism, 99

Valentinian on clerical morals, 63

Valentinus, heresy of, 33

Valesians, sect of, 40

Valladolid, Council of, in 1322, 310, 364

Vallombrosa, monks of, 183

Vanaprasthas, class of, 23

Varahran I. persecutes Manichæism, 43

Vatican, Council of, in 1870, 603

its decree of infallibility, 608

number of women in, 1882, 628

Vaudois, the, 373

Vedas, doctrine of Tapas in, 24

Vega, Fray Juan de la, 572

Veil, taking the, a marriage with Christ, 104

Velda, Dr., case of, 570

Venality of officials, 253, 278, 284, 293, 312, 321, 327, 332, 337, 339, 345, 396, 401, 433, 517, 522

Venantius of Syracuse, case of, 113

Venezuela, suppression of monasteries in, 609

Venice, relaxation of the canon in, 205

number of priests in, 588

Council of, in 1859, 627

Vercelli, troubles of married priests in, 152

Verdun, reform of monks of, 264

Veringen, Count of, case of, 235

Verneuil, Synod of, in 755, 134

Vernon, Council of, in 845, 139

Verona, trouble with married priests, 151

Vertfeuil, extent of heresy in, 370

Vestal Virgins, 50

Vestments, monastic, salvation ensured by, 335

Veuillot, Louis, on droit de marquette, 355

Vicenza, Council of Trent transferred to, 520

Victimes de l’Amour de Dieu, 613

Victor II., his efforts at reform, 191

enforces celibacy in France, 255

Victor III. on Italian church, 180

Victricius opposes Vigilantius, 71

Vienna, Council of, in 1267, 251

in 1858, 627, 633

Vienne, Council of, in 1060, 198

in 1311, 376

Vigilantius, his resistance to celibacy, 70

Vihara, Buddhist monastery, 94

Villa, father, of Monza, 621

Villiers, Abbé, defends celibacy, 582

Villiers de l’Isle-Adam, 366

Vincent, St., de Paul, 612

Vintimiglia, Nunzio, his negotiations with Maximilian II., 543

Virgil, Polydor, on celibacy in England, 273

Virgin Mary, heresies concerning, 68

her message to Gregory VII., 226

Virginal, Curé of, his opinions, 623

Virginity, extravagant praises of, 45, 347, 349

by Chrysostom, 86

importance attributed to, 98

by the Fraticelli, 377

by Wickliffe, 380

compared with marriage, 46, 47, 96, 318, 347

superiority of, a Tridentine dogma

of morals, 536, 641

St. Jerome on its rarity, 624

perpetual, of the Virgin, 68

vows of (see Vows).

Virgins, priests to marry none but, 38

number of, in early church, 98

professed (see Nuns).

Visconti, Nunzio, on marriage at Trent, 535

Visitation of monasteries by Archbishop Morton, 399

by Archbishop Warham, 447

ordered by Henry VIII., 451

its effect, 453

Vitalis of Mortain preaches reform, 258

Vitry, Jacques de, case of, 398

Vladislas II. on clerical immorality, 401

Vows of chastity, introduction of, 41

not favored in early church, 48

their temporary character, 41, 97

their increasing permanency, 105

rendered irrevocable by Gregory I., 113

infanticide caused by them, 100

are ordered for subdeacons, 124

their perversion, 127

made a prerequisite to holy orders, 179

work dissolution of marriage, 313

difference between simple and formal, 321

are denounced by Lollards, 381

by Luther, 421

are maintained in the Six Articles, 469

prelates at Trent sworn to support them, 533

their observance a point of faith, 641

papal dispensation for, 535, 642

never granted by Pius IX., 611

minimum age for, defined by Pius IX., 611

limited to five years in France, 613

Vows, monastic, rendered indissoluble in the East, 107

of the military orders, 362

Vrie, Theodoric, on clerical immorality, 389

Wahu, Dr., on monastic schools, 619

on cases of clerical prosecution, 636

Wake, Archbishop, his correspondence with Du Pin, 582

Waldemar II. on concubines, 197

Walden, Abbot of, his marriage, 463

Waldo, Peter, 372

Waldenses, the, 373

Waldeck, Count of, his treatment of monks, 435

Wales, celibacy in early church, 163

state of church in 9th century, 171

priestly marriage in 13th century, 285

its persistence, 294

Walter of Orleans on residence of female relatives, 138

Warham, Archbishop, his visitation, 447

Wartburg, Luther’s confinement in, 419

Watten, Priory of, its troubles, 260

Wealth of church, its growth, 63

Wedlock (see Marriage).

Wenceslas of Bohemia, his reforms, 383

Wendt, Rev. Mr., case of, 636

Wer-gild of priest, 173

of children of clerks, 336

Western monachism, character of, 109, 112

Westminster, Council of, in 1127, 280

in 1138, 281

short-lived bishopric of, 460

canons of, ejected, 479

Westmoreland, Earl of, his insurrection in 1569, 496

Weston, Dr., story of, 477

Wexford, married priests of, 298

Whitby, Synod of, in 664, 161

Wiburn, Percival, on marriage of Anglican clergy, 495

Wicelius, George, on clerical marriage, 542

Wickliffe on sacraments of sinful priests, 196

his reforms, 378

Widowhood, vows of, license caused by, 127

Widows, priests not to marry, 39

order of, in early church, 42, 96

comparison of, with virgins, 46, 96, 347

professed, marriage of, 110

Wied, Hermann von, his attempts at reform, 518

Wiesbaden, clerical marriage in 1821, 601

Wilfreda, St., 167

William of Bavaria on church corruption, 527

William of Cantilupe enforces celibacy, 288

William of Cologne forbids marriage of monks, 340

William the Conqueror enforces celibacy in Normandy, 257

permits marriage in Britanny, 259

neglects reform in England, 271

William of Hilderniss, 385

William the Lion on concubines, 197

persecutes the clergy, 301

William of Malmesbury on Anglo-Saxon church, 176

William of Paderborn, his failure to reform, 340

William of Sabina, legate to Spain, 310

William of Strassburg excommunicates married priests, 424

Willibrod, St., his labors, 126

Wills, ecclesiastical, providing for children, 337

Winchester, reform of monastery of, 168, 169

Council of, in 1070, 272

in 1076, 273

in 1139, 371

hereditary transmission in, 286

Windsor, Synod of, in 1070, 272

Wine of Eucharist in early church, 44

abstinence from, not recommended, 48

Wishart, George, his trial, 510

Wisigothic laws on clerical celibacy, 121

on church property, 123

Wisigoths of Spain, state of church under, 120

Witgar of Mendlesham, 282

Witiza, his licentious laws, 121

Witnesses, use of ordeal for, 140

married priests not admitted as, 294

four required to prove solicitation, 571

Wittenberg, books of canon law burned at, 418

Synod of, in 1522, 420

Wives, demerit of, 46

adulterous, to be put away, 39

of Huguenot pastors, 498

of Anglican clergy, their position, 496

of bishops, their retention, 85, 88

to be separated, 89

under the Franks, 119

in Gothic Spain, 121

they rank as countesses, 259

their position in Anglican church, 495

consent of, requisite for episcopate, 249

for diaconate, 250, 251

for monastic vows, 324

of monks to become nuns, 114, 205, 324

of priests, their cohabitation permitted, 28, 48

forbidden by Council of Elvira, 50

permitted by Councils of Ancyra and Neocæsarea, 51

and by Council of Nicæa, 53, 54

and through the 4th century, 55, 58, 61, 79

forbidden by Damasus, 64

and by Siricius, 65

forbidden in Gaul and Spain, 75

and in Africa, 73

permitted in the East, 86, 89

custom in modern Russia, 91

their position under the Franks, 120

legislation in Gothic Spain, 121

are to be treated as sisters, 124

in Italy, in 8th century, 127

they cause dilapidation of property, 147

Anglo-Saxon denunciation of, 175

are stigmatized as concubines, 196

their fidelity, 202

their sufferings, 235

are declared slaves of church, 189

are reduced to slavery, 242, 309

their seizure threatened, 261

treatment of, in England, 274, 277, 287

they assist at altar in Germany, 318

are liable to death under the Six Articles, 468

legislation under Queen Mary, 485

are assumed to be serving women, 485

of subdeacons to be separated, 124

Wolff, Christian, on Paphnutius, 57

on Council of Trent, 640

Wolfgang of Ratisbon exhorts to chastity, 152

Wolf-hunts, priests obliged to join in, 303

Wolsey, Cardinal, attacks monastic orders, 447

his fall, 449

Women, abstinence from, in pagan priesthood, 49

not admitted in temple of Hercules, 50

admitted to monasteries, 101

their exclusion from monasteries, 403

their ministration forbidden, 60

their teaching forbidden, 60

discredited as witnesses, 571

rules for, in visiting bishops, 119

residence of (see Residence).

Wood, T., on position of Anglican clergy, 497

Worcester, reformation of monks in, 169

Chapter of, disorders of, 491

Works, merits of, in Catholicism, 115

in Calvinism, 498

justification by, in Scotland, 506

in Knox’s confession, 512

Worms, Diet of, in 1076, 234

Wurtzburg, Council of, in 1446, 377

in 1548, 528

character of clergy, in 1521, 431

clerical marriage in, 555

Wu-Tsung, his persecution of Buddhism, 95

Wyatt’s rebellion, suppression of, 478

Ximenes reforms the Franciscans, 402

Yoga system, asceticism of, 23

York, its claim on Scottish church, 161

Council of, in 1195, 288

Wolsey’s reformation at, 447

married priests ejected in, 480

Ypres, Synod of, in 1629, 562

abuse of confessional in 1768, 577

Yves of Chartres (see Ivo).

Zabarella, Cardinal, advocates clerical marriage, 406

Zabolcs, Synod of, in 1092, 248

Zaccaria on origin of celibacy, 29

on the Nicene canon, 55

on Gregory of Nazianzum, 58

on dissolution of priestly marriage, 317

his defence of celibacy, 583-4

Zachary, Pope, on Frankish church, 130

on Saxon church, 164

Zaga Zabo, his account of Coptic church, 93

Zagow, Abbey of, foundation of, 181

Zurich, priests of, defend their women, 340

Zwilling, Gabriel, preaches against monasticism, 421

Zwingli demands priestly marriage, 421

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