An essay on the law of celibacy imposed on the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, and observed in all the religious orders abroad
Subtitle: 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 ... as also, a summary account is given of the origin of the monastic life ... &c. Interspersed with various remarks upon several other observances of the Roman Catholic discipline ...
Publisher: Printed and sold by M. Lewis; [etc., etc.
Published: 1782
Place of publication: Worcester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Clergy.; Celibacy.