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La formation du clergé indigène au Congo français, 1875 - 1960.
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ISBN: 2747578283 9782747578288 Year: 2005 Publisher: Paris L'Harmattan


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University education of the parochial clergy in medieval England : the Lincoln Diocese, c.1300-c. 1350
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ISBN: 9780888441881 0888441886 9781771103558 1771103558 Year: 2014 Volume: 188 Publisher: Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

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"The need for an educated parochial clergy had been seen from early times and during the Middle Ages was articulated by popes, councils and generations of canonists. Uneducated parish priests, it was frequently said, were like the blind leading the blind, both in peril of falling into the pit. Various efforts were made to remedy this problem, culminating in 1298 with the decretal of Pope Boniface VIII Cum ex eo, which allowed non-priest rectors of parish churches to absent themselves for up to seven years to attend university. When their studies were completed, they had to become priests within one year. This study set out to examine how this decretal was implemented over the next fifty years in the diocese of Lincoln, the largest in England. The bishops' registers, however, revealed a much wider practice. In addition to dispensations granted by virtue of Cum ex eo, a substantial number of licences to study were also granted to rectors who were already priests, particularly after 1320. In total, over twelve hundred rectors of Lincoln diocese received permissions to study during this half-century period. A comparison with two other dioceses shows that the granting of such permissions was not peculiar to Lincoln diocese and occurred elsewhere at similar rates. This is suggestive of a wider English phenomenon."-- Publisher description.

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