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An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church

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The book surveys the historical development and enforcement of compulsory celibacy among the clergy, tracing early ascetic influences, doctrinal disputes, and successive councils and laws that shaped practice. It analyzes how monasticism, heretical movements, and secular powers contributed to stricter discipline, and contrasts Eastern and Western trajectories and exceptions. The study assesses practical consequences for clerical morals, social life, and institutional power, and relies on documentary citations to map regional variations, contested reforms, and the gradual consolidation of celibate norms within parts of the church.

IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS BOOKS.

Rev. James Freeman Clarke.

Ten Great Religions. 8vo., $3.00.

Ten Great Religions. Part II. Comparison of all Religions. 8vo., $3.00.

Common Sense in Religion. 12mo., $2.00.

Prof. J. Lewis Diman.

The Theistic Argument as Affected by Recent Theories. Crown 8vo. gilt top, $2.00.

Orations and Essays, with selected Parish Sermons. With Memorial Address by Prof. J. O. Murray and Portrait. 8vo. gilt top, $2.50.

Rev. Washington Gladden.

The Lord’s Prayer. Seven Essays on the Meaning and Spirit of this universal Prayer. 16mo. gilt top, $1.00.

Rev. Samuel Johnson.

Oriental Religions, and their Relation to Universal Religion. I. India, 8vo., $5.00. II. China, 8vo., $5.00. III. Persia, 8vo. (In Press.)

Lectures, Essays, and Sermons. With a Portrait and Memoir by Rev. Samuel Longfellow. Crown 8vo. gilt top, $1.75.

Rev. Elisha Mulford.

The Republic of God. An Institute of Theology. 8vo., $2.00.

Rev. T. T. Munger.

On the Threshold. Familiar Lectures to Young People. 16mo. gilt top, $1.00.

The Freedom of Faith. A volume of Sermons. 16mo. gilt top, $1.50.

J. A. W. Neander.

General History of the Christian Religion and Church. Translated from the German by Rev. Joseph Torrey. With an Index volume. The set, six volumes, $20.00. The Index volume separate, $3.00.

Edward Robinson, D.D., LL.D.

Harmony of the Four Gospels, in Greek. 8vo., $1.50.

The Same, in English. 12mo., 75 cents.

Biblical Researches in Palestine. With Maps. In three volumes, 8vo., $10.00.

Physical Geography of the Holy Land. Supplement to “Biblical Researches in Palestine.” 8vo., $3.50.

Gesenius. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, including the Biblical Chaldee. 8vo. half Russia, $6.00.

English-Hebrew Lexicon: Being a complete Verbal Index to Gesenius’ Hebrew Lexicon, as translated by Prof. Edward Robinson. By Joseph Lewis Potter, A.M. 8vo., $2.00.

For sale by all booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers,
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., Boston, Mass.