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Celibacy

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  • The Vestal virgin Tuccia being inspected while carrying water in a sieve to prove her chastity. Etching by P.W. Tomkins,1798, after Sir J. Reynolds.
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    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.

    Hawkins, John, active 18th century. | Date: [1782?]
    • Student dissertations

    Gandhi - medicine, diet, sex and their influence on nationalism.

    Bhatt, Markand. | Date: [2005]
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    Heavy periods / Fanny Tribble.

    Tribble, Fanny | Date: [approximately 1980]
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    Reflections on the clergy of the established church.

    | Date: 1798
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    An essay on celibacy.

    | Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]
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