Treatise — Marc, Institutiones Morales
Treatise II: On The Clerical State
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- What the nature of the clerical State is and what its origin is has been set forth above, in the Treatise on Order (n. 1885 sqq.), where we saw that it was instituted partly divinely and partly canonically. It remains, therefore, that we discuss the Obligations of CLERICS, both by reason of state, - and by reason of benefice, if they possess any, - and by reason of sacred office.