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 shewn, 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 these have been perpetuated; &c. Interspersed with various remarks upon several other observances of the Roman Catholic Discipline.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkins, John, 18th cent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celibacy.

Catholic Church--Clergy--Early works to 1800.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Essay on the law of celibacy

Place of Publication:

Worcester : printed and sold by M. Lewis, in High-Street; sold also by J. F. and C. Rivington, No. 62, St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Bew, Paternoster-Row, London; Fletcher, Oxford; Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham; Pugh, Hereford; and Evans, Glocester, [1782?]

Notes:

Anonymous. By John Hawkins.

Variant: the errata on the final page include a correction to p. 194.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T127526.

OCLC:

642352183