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ravages by the danes.
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P rsu't ot justice ; and the peace of the church, by which she claimed jurisdiction
tua' °^enCeS committed on holidays, were artful imitations of the right of sanc-
ary belonging to the royal palaces, and pew regis, or king's peace, an attribute
monarchical government. Both these were mere encroachments on civil insti-
tutions and ' •
eccle/' • on&lnated in cupidity and ambition. Another important source of
a favou StlCa^ '3r°^t was mterment of the dead in the churches and monasteries,
at an Uf W^cn the laity were taught to consider as most valuable, and to purchase
penan 6XtraVa^ant rate- The pecuniary fines by which the church allowed the
to kggj lmPosed by her to be redeemed, and the custom of hiring the religious
the 8 r'C^ Pen'tents m performing their penances, the invocation of saints,
eneration of relics, crosses, images, and pictures, were, among other gross
1 »o»s, introduced by the Anglo-Saxons, and entailed on their descendants.
hio-1 Unnatural and superstitious profession of celibacy, imposed at first on the
whol^ ° 1S °^ tue clergy, and afterwards extended by the Roman church to the
conn6 ' °^ re=u'ars> was calculated to detach them from national and domestic
0rv,i. . lons' ana to make them the blind and implicit agents of papal avarice and
arr)kition 31 Tu i i
D,lt th secular priests, however, continually violated this restriction;
to ex C rules ot monachism, when strictly enforced, being effectually calculated
c ude its votaries from such indulgences, were considered a most powerful
and G °^ ^omaa Power> an^ every exertion was therefore made to establish
increase the influence of monks, and to secure their predominance over the
secular ele r>
great SY- But the destructive and appalling ravages of the Danes produced
Pr'ests ons in the state of the Anglo-Saxon church ; most of the monks and
senn„ VVere Massacred by these marauders ; married clerks were ordained in con-
■^quence of tli r • •
nearlv • diminution of the numbers of the clergy, and monachism became
y extinct,2
T*h t_)
most btTb 'anc'e^ 011 Northumbrian coast in 793, when they committed
to waste ar°Us devastations : for above seventy years they continued to invade,
enriched' ^eP°Pu'ate the Anglo-Saxon territories ; and the monasteries,
ticuh 1 Wl n*fUen*s> utensils, and votive offerings of great value, were par-
attractive to their rapacity. Many of these consecrated piles were
3' The '
refutation ofetalian<1 m°rallty of the clergy, of the reformed churches in general, afford the most effectual
tl>e clergy ' & arSuments or assertions of the Roman Catholic writers in favour of the celibacy of
" Osbern. de Vita < n
a b- Du"stani. Angl. Sacra, pars ii. p. 91.
13
P rsu't ot justice ; and the peace of the church, by which she claimed jurisdiction
tua' °^enCeS committed on holidays, were artful imitations of the right of sanc-
ary belonging to the royal palaces, and pew regis, or king's peace, an attribute
monarchical government. Both these were mere encroachments on civil insti-
tutions and ' •
eccle/' • on&lnated in cupidity and ambition. Another important source of
a favou StlCa^ '3r°^t was mterment of the dead in the churches and monasteries,
at an Uf W^cn the laity were taught to consider as most valuable, and to purchase
penan 6XtraVa^ant rate- The pecuniary fines by which the church allowed the
to kggj lmPosed by her to be redeemed, and the custom of hiring the religious
the 8 r'C^ Pen'tents m performing their penances, the invocation of saints,
eneration of relics, crosses, images, and pictures, were, among other gross
1 »o»s, introduced by the Anglo-Saxons, and entailed on their descendants.
hio-1 Unnatural and superstitious profession of celibacy, imposed at first on the
whol^ ° 1S °^ tue clergy, and afterwards extended by the Roman church to the
conn6 ' °^ re=u'ars> was calculated to detach them from national and domestic
0rv,i. . lons' ana to make them the blind and implicit agents of papal avarice and
arr)kition 31 Tu i i
D,lt th secular priests, however, continually violated this restriction;
to ex C rules ot monachism, when strictly enforced, being effectually calculated
c ude its votaries from such indulgences, were considered a most powerful
and G °^ ^omaa Power> an^ every exertion was therefore made to establish
increase the influence of monks, and to secure their predominance over the
secular ele r>
great SY- But the destructive and appalling ravages of the Danes produced
Pr'ests ons in the state of the Anglo-Saxon church ; most of the monks and
senn„ VVere Massacred by these marauders ; married clerks were ordained in con-
■^quence of tli r • •
nearlv • diminution of the numbers of the clergy, and monachism became
y extinct,2
T*h t_)
most btTb 'anc'e^ 011 Northumbrian coast in 793, when they committed
to waste ar°Us devastations : for above seventy years they continued to invade,
enriched' ^eP°Pu'ate the Anglo-Saxon territories ; and the monasteries,
ticuh 1 Wl n*fUen*s> utensils, and votive offerings of great value, were par-
attractive to their rapacity. Many of these consecrated piles were
3' The '
refutation ofetalian<1 m°rallty of the clergy, of the reformed churches in general, afford the most effectual
tl>e clergy ' & arSuments or assertions of the Roman Catholic writers in favour of the celibacy of
" Osbern. de Vita < n
a b- Du"stani. Angl. Sacra, pars ii. p. 91.