The Whole Works Of The Right Rev Jeremy Taylor Vol 3 Of 15

Author : Reginald Heber
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ISBN 13 : 9781331297284
Total Pages : 536 pages
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Download or read book The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Vol. 11 of 15 written by Reginald Heber and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Vol. 11 of 15: With a Life of the Author and a Critical 1. I First instance in their seal of confession; and the question is not, whether a priest is to take care of his penitent's fame, or whether he be not, in all prudent and pious ways, to be careful, lest he make that intercourse odious; for certainly he is: - but whether the seal of confession be so sacred and impregnable, that it is not to be opened in the imminent danger of a king, or kingdom; or for the doing the greatest good, or avoiding the greatest evil, in the world: that is now the question, and such a broad seal as this, is no part of the Christian religion, - was never spoken of by the prophets or apostles, in the Old or the New Testament, - never was so much as mentioned in the books of the ancient fathers and doctors, - not so much as named in the ancient councils of the church; and was not heard of, until after the time of Pope Gregory the Seventh. Now how this is determined and practised in the church of Rome, we may quickly see. The first direct rule in the western church we find in this affair, is the canon of the Lateran council; "cap. Omnis Utriusque;" in which to confess at Easter was made an ecclesiastical law; and as an appendix to it, this caution; "Caveat autem omnino, ne verbo, aut signo, aut alio quovis modo, aliquatenus prodat peccatorem: sed, si prudentiore consilio indiguerit, illud, absque ulla expressione personae, requirat." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."