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.
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- [1782?]
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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?]
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195,[1]p. ; 80.
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ESTC T127526