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An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church

Note 131 — V. ENFORCEMENT OF CELIBACY.

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Ab universis episcopis dictum est: Omnibus placet, ut episcopi, presbyteri et diaconi, vel qui sacramenta contrectant, pudicitiæ custodes etiam ab uxoribus se abstineant.—Concil. Carthag. II. can. 2 (Cod. Eccles. African. can. 3).

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