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pur8uit os Entice ; and tbe /-esce 0/ ///e b^ wbieb 8be claimed ,juri8dietion
over oibenen committed on bolida^8, were artful imitation os tbe rigbt os 8ane-
tuar^ belonging to tbe ro^al palaee8, and or bing'8 peace, an attribute
os monarebical government. 8otb tbe8e were mere eneroaebment8 on eivil inti-
tution8, and originated in cupidity and ambition, ^.notber important 8ource os
eeele8ia8tieal protit wa8 tbe interment os tbe dead in tbe cburebe8 and monasteries
a savour wbieb tbe lait^ were taugbt to eon8ider a8 mo8t valuable, and to purebate
at an extravagant rate. Ibe pecuniary tin68 b^ wbieb tbe ebureb allowed tbe
penance8 imp08ed b^ ber to be redeemed, and tbe cu8tom os biring tbe religiou8
to a88i8t ricb penitent8 in persorming tbeir penance8, tbe invocation os 8aint8,
tbe veneration os relie8, ero8868, imag68, and picture8, were, among otber gro88
8uper8tition8, introduced b^ tbe ^nglo-8axon8, and entailed on tbeir de8eendant8.
d"be unnatural and 8uper8titiou8 prose88ion os impeded at br8t on tbe
bigber ordei'8 os tbe clergy, and asterward8 extended b^ tbe H.oman ebureb to tbe
wbole bod^ os regular^ wa8 calculated to detaeb tbem srom national and dome8lie
eonnexion8, and to mabe tbem tbe blind and implicit agent8 os papal avarice and
ambition/' Ibe 8eeular prie8t8, bowever, continually violated Ibi8 re8trietion;
but tbe rule8 os monaebi8m, wben 8trietl^ enforced, being eiseetuallv calculated
to exclude it8 votarie8 srom 8ueb indulgenee8, were eon8idered a mo8t powerful
engine os tbe Homan power, and ever^ exertion wa8 tberesore made to 68tabli8b
and inerea8e tbe induenee os monb8, and to 8ecure tbeir predominance over tbe
86eular clergy. 8ut tbe de8truetive and appalling ravage os tbe Dane8 produced
great alteration in tbe 8tate os tbe ^.nglo-8axon ebureb; mo8t os tbe monb8 and
prie8t8 were ma88acred b^ tbe86 marauder8; married elerb8 were ordained in con-
86^uence os tbe diminution os tbe number8 os tbe clergy, and monaebi8m became
nearly extinct.^
I'be Dann br8t landed on tbe Nortbumbrian coa8t in 793, wben tbev committed
tbe mo8t barbarou8 devastation : for above 8event^ ^ear8 tbezt continued to invade,
to wa8te, and depopulate tbe ^.nglo-8axon territorie8 ; and tbe monnterin,
enriebed witb ornament8, uten8il8, and votive olsering8 os great value, were par-
ticularly attractive to tbeir rapacity. IVIan^ os tbe8e con8eerated pile8 were
Iks piet)^ an6 morality of tile eier^, of tile reformed eiluroiles in A-enerai, aikord til6 most etkeetuai
refutation of ail til6 arouments or assertions of tile Itoinan Oatiloiio writers in favour of tile oelibao^ of
tiie eierA)'.
Osbern. 6e Vita 8. Ounstani. ^nZI. 8aera, pars ii. p. 91.
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pur8uit os Entice ; and tbe /-esce 0/ ///e b^ wbieb 8be claimed ,juri8dietion
over oibenen committed on bolida^8, were artful imitation os tbe rigbt os 8ane-
tuar^ belonging to tbe ro^al palaee8, and or bing'8 peace, an attribute
os monarebical government. 8otb tbe8e were mere eneroaebment8 on eivil inti-
tution8, and originated in cupidity and ambition, ^.notber important 8ource os
eeele8ia8tieal protit wa8 tbe interment os tbe dead in tbe cburebe8 and monasteries
a savour wbieb tbe lait^ were taugbt to eon8ider a8 mo8t valuable, and to purebate
at an extravagant rate. Ibe pecuniary tin68 b^ wbieb tbe ebureb allowed tbe
penance8 imp08ed b^ ber to be redeemed, and tbe cu8tom os biring tbe religiou8
to a88i8t ricb penitent8 in persorming tbeir penance8, tbe invocation os 8aint8,
tbe veneration os relie8, ero8868, imag68, and picture8, were, among otber gro88
8uper8tition8, introduced b^ tbe ^nglo-8axon8, and entailed on tbeir de8eendant8.
d"be unnatural and 8uper8titiou8 prose88ion os impeded at br8t on tbe
bigber ordei'8 os tbe clergy, and asterward8 extended b^ tbe H.oman ebureb to tbe
wbole bod^ os regular^ wa8 calculated to detaeb tbem srom national and dome8lie
eonnexion8, and to mabe tbem tbe blind and implicit agent8 os papal avarice and
ambition/' Ibe 8eeular prie8t8, bowever, continually violated Ibi8 re8trietion;
but tbe rule8 os monaebi8m, wben 8trietl^ enforced, being eiseetuallv calculated
to exclude it8 votarie8 srom 8ueb indulgenee8, were eon8idered a mo8t powerful
engine os tbe Homan power, and ever^ exertion wa8 tberesore made to 68tabli8b
and inerea8e tbe induenee os monb8, and to 8ecure tbeir predominance over tbe
86eular clergy. 8ut tbe de8truetive and appalling ravage os tbe Dane8 produced
great alteration in tbe 8tate os tbe ^.nglo-8axon ebureb; mo8t os tbe monb8 and
prie8t8 were ma88acred b^ tbe86 marauder8; married elerb8 were ordained in con-
86^uence os tbe diminution os tbe number8 os tbe clergy, and monaebi8m became
nearly extinct.^
I'be Dann br8t landed on tbe Nortbumbrian coa8t in 793, wben tbev committed
tbe mo8t barbarou8 devastation : for above 8event^ ^ear8 tbezt continued to invade,
to wa8te, and depopulate tbe ^.nglo-8axon territorie8 ; and tbe monnterin,
enriebed witb ornament8, uten8il8, and votive olsering8 os great value, were par-
ticularly attractive to tbeir rapacity. IVIan^ os tbe8e con8eerated pile8 were
Iks piet)^ an6 morality of tile eier^, of tile reformed eiluroiles in A-enerai, aikord til6 most etkeetuai
refutation of ail til6 arouments or assertions of tile Itoinan Oatiloiio writers in favour of tile oelibao^ of
tiie eierA)'.
Osbern. 6e Vita 8. Ounstani. ^nZI. 8aera, pars ii. p. 91.