 In many places the priest paid the bishop a regular tax for the woman with whom he lived, and for each child he had by her. A German bishop said publicly one day, at a great entertainment, that in one year eleven thousand priests had presented themselves...  History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century - Page 49by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1849 - 865 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - Reformation - 1838 - 526 pages
...kinds in the inns and taverns, and broke open doors and locks, t In several places the priest paid to the bishop a regular tax for the woman with whom he lived, and for every child he had by her. A German bishop who was present at a grand entertainment, publicly declared... | |
 | 1841 - 780 pages
...concubines, that their own wives might lie safe. And so thoroughly was open debauchery tolerated, that in many places the priest paid the bishop a regular tax for the female with whom he lived. A German bishop, according to Erasmus, declared at a public entertainment... | |
 | Enoch Pond - Christian literature, American - 1842 - 368 pages
...females of their own families might be the more secure. In some parts of Germany, the priest paid to the bishop a regular tax for the woman with whom he lived, and for every child that was born in his house. Erasmus tells us of a certain bishop who re" ceived this tax... | |
 | Reuben Weiser - Reformation - 1848 - 842 pages
...kinds in the inns and taverns, and broke open doors and locks ! In several places the priest paid to the bishop a regular tax for the woman with whom he lived, and for every child he had by her ! A German bishop who was present at a grand entertainment, publicly declared,... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 pages
...disturbances and disorders of all kinds in the inns and taverns, and broke open doors and locks." " In several places the priest paid the bishop a regular tax for the woman with whom he lived, and for every child he had by her: a German bishop, who was present at a grand entertainment, publicly declared... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - Reformation - 1851 - 716 pages
...created all kinds of disorder and confusion in the inns and taverns, and broke the doors and locks.' In many places the priest paid the bishop a regular...by her. A German bishop said publicly one day, at л great entertainment, that in one year eleven thousand priests had presented themselves before him... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - Reformation - 1853 - 438 pages
...created all kinds of disorder and confusion in the inns and taverns, and broke the doors and locks.-}- In -many places the priest paid the bishop a regular...the hierarchical order, we find the corruption not lees great. The dignitaries of the Church preferred the tumult of camps to the hymns of the altar.... | |
 | 1856 - 588 pages
...kinds in the inns and taverns, and broke open doors and locks. || In several places the priest paid to the bishop a regular tax for the woman with whom he lived, and for every child he had by her. A German bishop, who was present at a grand entertainment, publicly declared... | |
 | Temple Christian Faber - Caste - 1857 - 502 pages
...kinds in the inns and taverns, and broke open doors and locks.3 " In several places the priest paid to the bishop a regular tax for the woman with whom he lived, and for every child be had by her. "A German bishop, who was present at a grand entertainment, publicly declared... | |
 | John M'Elheran - Women - 1858 - 414 pages
...Schaffhausen prohibited the clergy from dancing in public," &c. " In several places the priest paid to the bishop a regular tax for the woman with whom he lived, and for every child he had by her ! A German bishop, who was present at a grand entertainment, publicly declared... | |
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