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An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church

Note 1133 — XXVI. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

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Wilkins III. 704.—Bishop Burnet says that Wolsey’s design in procuring this Bull was to suppress all monasteries, but that he was persuaded to abandon his purpose on account of opposition and dread of scandals.—Hist. Reform. Vol. I. p. 20 (Ed. 1679).

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