On the Ecclesiastical Republic

OF THE CHAPTERS

OF THIS BOOK

WITH THEIR

CHAPTER I.

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The ecclesiastics of the primitive and ancient Church were sustained by free-will offerings with great frugality, without earthly possessions 1

CHAPTER II.

That the right of paying tithes continues to exist even among Christians 12

CHAPTER III.

Temporal goods, which are called Benefices, how they entered the Church, and what was the origin of benefices 19

CHAPTER IV.

What the use of ecclesiastical revenues ought to be 24

CHAPTER V.

That grave abuses have crept into the Church on the occasion of temporal goods 28

CHAPTER VI.

In whom the ownership and administration of ecclesiastical goods lies 56

CHAPTER VII.

That the clergy are not the owners of the ecclesiastical revenues assigned to them as a benefice 72

CHAPTER VIII.

That a benefice is conferred by the Bishop together with sacred order 84

CHAPTER IX.

That the avarice of the Roman Curia perverts all laws 93

CHAPTER X.

To whom ecclesiastical benefices should be conferred 119

CHAPTER XI.

That commendams and pensions are now becoming illegitimate 130

CHAPTER XII.

What heirs and successors the clergy have in temporal goods 139