Notes and Queries, Number 08, December 22, 1849
Excerpt from the book: “...corum visum fuerit." In 1138 the penalty for priests marryingwas deprivation of their benefices, and exclusion from the celebrationof divine service:--"Sanctorum patrum vestigiis inhaerentes, presbyteros, diaconos, subdiaconos uxoratos, aut concubinarios,ecclesiasticis officiis et beneficiis privamus, ac ne quis eorum missamaudire praesumat Apostolica auctoriate prohibemus. "Many such decrees have been made at various synods and councils holdenfor reformation of the clergy, but I can find none wherein marriage is interdicted to clerks generally”.
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