TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hawkins,John
TI  - An essay on the law of celibacy imposed on the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, and observed in all the religious orders abroad; in which are delineated its rise, and progress from the most early ages of its existence, down to the present times; and the impropriety of this ecclesiastical constitution is shown, whether it be considered in a moral, a physical, or a political light: as also, a summary account is given of the origin of the monastic life; of the prejudices which chiefly contributed to introduce it, and in what manner it has been perpetuated; &c.  Interspersed with various remarks upon several other observances of the Roman Catholic discipline
PY  - 1782///
CY  - Worcester
PB  - Printed and sold by M. Lewis; sold also by J. F. and C. Rivington, and J. Bew, London; Fletcher, Oxford; Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham; Pugh, Hereford; and Evans, Glocester
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Celibacy
N1  - Anonymous.  By John Hawkins; estc t127526
ER  -