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9780268038212

Pastors and the Care of Souls

by Shinners, John Raymond; Dohar, William J.
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    9780268038212

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    026803821X

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  • Copyright: 1998-04-01
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Table of Contents

Preface xiii(6)
Abbreviations xix
Chapter 1. Portraits of the Pastor
1(32)
A. THEOLOGICAL 5(15)
1. Pope Gregory the Great on the pastor's art (590)
5(1)
2. Thomas of Chobham's rules for priests (c. 1216)
6(4)
3. Pastors and theologians: Thomas Aquinas' quodlibets on pastoral care (1269-70)
10(3)
4. Bishop Robert Grosseteste on career choices (1235)
13(1)
5. The dignity of the priesthood (late fourteenth or early fifteenth century)
14(3)
6. John Wyclif, "On the Pastoral Office" (c. 1378)
17(3)
B. LEGAL 20(4)
7. The rule of celibacy (1123)
20(1)
8. Forbidden professions and hobbies
21(1)
9. Clerical deportment (1215)
21(1)
10. Clergy bearing arms (1268)
21(1)
11. Clerical attire described in Archbishop John Stratford's constitutions (1342)
22(1)
12. William Lyndwood's summary of clerical privileges (c. 1417-32)
23(1)
C. LITERARY 24(9)
13. Chaucer's "Poure Persoun" (1386)
24(1)
14. Parson Sloth in William Langland's Piers the Plowman (c. 1377-79)
25(3)
15. A poem on the priesthood (fourteenth century)
28(2)
16. The dignity of the priesthood, from Everyman (c. 1509-19)
30(3)
Chapter 2. Education
33(16)
17. Books necessary for priests to know
38(1)
18. Teachers at cathedral schools (1179)
39(1)
19. Education and the cura animarum (1215)
39(1)
20. Preparing boys for clerical careers (1262-65)
40(1)
21. A grammar school curriculum (1356)
40(1)
22. Apprenticeship and the cleric: the parish holy water bearer (aquabajulus) and education (1287)
41(1)
23. Canon lawyers discuss standards of clerical literacy (mid-fourteenth and early fifteenth century)
42(1)
24. English bishops complain of papal measures that discourage education (1279)
43(2)
25. The constitution Cum ex eo (1298)
45(1)
26. A typical Cum ex eo study license and letter dimissory (1325)
46(1)
27. Bishop Hamo Hethe's pastoral reference library (1346)
47(1)
28. The illiterate Bishop of Durham (1316)
48(1)
Chapter 3. Ordination and Admission to a Cure
49(30)
29. The seasons for ordination
55(1)
30. Canon law on clerical examinations
55(1)
31. Archbishop Walter Reynolds' rules governing ordination (1322)
56(1)
32. Procedures for clerical examinations (1384)
57(3)
33. A bishop announces an ordination (1286)
60(1)
34. Examinations of the Sonning clergy (1222)
61(2)
35. Dispensations for ordination (1411, 1332)
63(1)
36. Ordination and material support (1179)
63(1)
37. A testimonial letter (1297)
63(1)
38. A bishop's instructions at ordination (thirteenth century)
64(6)
39. Admission to a cure: the constitution Licet canon (1274)
70(1)
40. Collation and presentation to a benefice (1286, 1290)
71(1)
41. The presentation, institution, and induction of a cleric to a benefice (1335)
72(1)
42. Decrees against pluralism (1179, 1215)
73(2)
43. An infamous pluralist, Bogo de Clare (1291)
75(1)
44. A pluralist defends himself (1366)
76(1)
45. An unsuitable candidate: the underage Walter Paston (1479)
76(3)
Chapter 4. The Clerical Community
79(42)
46. The life and character of a bishop (1179)
84(1)
47. Episcopal authority in matters pertaining to the cura animarum and the bestowal of benefices (1123)
85(1)
48. The bishop's authority over benefices and their disposition (1123)
86(1)
49. The duties of suffragan bishops (1408)
86(1)
50. Episcopal statutes of Bishop Robert Grosseteste for the diocese of Lincoln (c. 1239)
87(7)
51. The pastoral duties of the bishop's vicar general (1408)
94(1)
52. The archdeacon's duties
95(1)
53. To a negligent archdeacon from Bishop Simon de Gandavo (1301)
95(1)
54. A rural dean is appointed (1523)
96(1)
55. Admonitions to rectors, vicars, and curates (1287)
96(2)
56. A parishioner remembers the curates of Braughing, Hertford-shire (1514)
98(2)
57. Appropriation of a parish to a monastic house (1318)
100(1)
58. Ordination of a vicarage (1304)
101(3)
59. Parish chaplains and their duties (1373)
104(3)
60. The founding of a chantry (1407)
107(1)
61. The settlement of a dispute between two chantry chaplains (1450)
108(1)
62. A coadjutor is appointed for a blind rector (1298)
109(1)
63. The parish clerk and the sexton (c. 1442-83 and 1540s)
109(3)
64. Papal regulations on the rights of the secular clergy and the friars (1311)
112(3)
65. Bishop John Gynwell of Lincoln commissions an Austin friar to hear confessions (1347)
115(1)
66. Carmelite friars licensed to preach (1293)
116(1)
67. Bishop Hamo Hethe of Rochester presents a credentialed Franciscan friar to his clergy (1326)
116(1)
68. Dominican friars deprive a parish priest of his burial dues (1402)
117(1)
69. A concord between a parish rector and Carmelite friars (1301)
117(4)
Chapter 5. The Curate's Spiritual Duties
121(92)
A. MANUALS OF INSTRUCTION 127(35)
70. Archbishop Pecham's Ignorantia sacerdotum (1281)
127(5)
71. A pastoral vade mecum: Quinque verba (fourteenth century?)
132(6)
72. A pastoral compendium: an excerpt from William of Pagula's Oculus sacerdotis (c. 1320-23)
138(13)
73. Quicumque vult: the Athanasian Creed from the Sarum Breviary
151(1)
74. The priest in his cure: excerpts from "A York Priest's Notebook" (late 1470s)
152(10)
B. SACRAMENTS, RITUALS, AND PREACHING 162(51)
75. Excerpts from the Sarum rite of baptism (fourteenth century)
162(3)
76. The Canon and Order of the Mass according to the York Use
165(4)
77. Annual confession: Omnis utriusque sexus (1215)
169(1)
78. A popular manual of confession from the diocese of Exeter (1240 and 1287)
170(15)
79. The penitential canons from the Summa of Hostiensis (1253)
185(5)
80. The rite of marriage from the Sarum Manual (fourteenth century)
190(5)
81. "Seven Questions to Be Asked of a Dying Man" (c. 1400)
195(1)
82. Miscellaneous blessings (fourteenth century)
196(2)
83. The "Great Cursing": articles of excommunication from York (late fourteenth century)
198(3)
84. Pope Innocent III on preaching
201(1)
85. A selection of late fourteenth-century sermons: for Easter, a wedding, and a burial
202(11)
Chapter 6. Management of the Cure
213(46)
86. Duties of rectors and parishioners for the care of the church (c. 1295-1313)
219(1)
87. Tithes and oblations (c. 1249-69)
220(2)
88. The jus parochiale: customs of the diocese of Salisbury (c. 1228-56)
222(4)
89. A parish church's contents (c. 1368)
226(2)
90. Churchwardens' accounts: St. Mary at Hill, London (1493-94)
228(4)
91. A parish budget: the accounts of the parish clergy of Hornsea (1483-84)
232(5)
92. Daily expenses of a small clerical household (1456-57)
237(6)
93. Prime real estate: the Paston's parsonage at Oxnead parish (1478)
243(2)
94. A country parson's goods: inventory of the movable property of a deceased priest (1439)
245(1)
95. Priests' last wills (1370-82)
246(6)
96. The annual wage for vicars (1222)
252(1)
97. A bishop augments a vicar's meager holdings (1357)
252(1)
98. Charity for a poor priest (1290)
253(1)
99. Exorbitant charges of chaplains: Effrenata (1350)
253(2)
100. Archbishop Simon Sudbury raises chaplains' wages (1378)
255(1)
101. The clergy summoned to Parliament (1295)
256(1)
102. Royal protection for the clergy: the writ Circumspecte agatis (1286)
257(2)
Chapter 7. Life and Manners
259(48)
A. PERSONALITIES 263(15)
103. Three priests in The Book of Margery Kempe (1430s)
263(4)
104. A vicar's good behavior praised (1346)
267(1)
105. Episcopal prisons (1262)
268(1)
106. Complaint of the parishioners of Burmington against their chaplain (1484)
268(3)
107. Lawsuits (fifteenth century)
271(7)
108. A citation to unchaste clerks (1423)
278(1)
B. CRISES 278(9)
109. A priest confesses to Lollardy (1429)
278(3)
110. A sower of rebellion: the priest John Ball during the Peasants' Revolt (1381)
281(2)
111. A petition for special ordinations and dispensations during the Black Death (1349)
283(1)
112. A bishop's pastoral counsel during the Black Death (1349)
284(1)
113. Archbishop William Courtenay requests prayers for the general welfare of the realm (1382)
285(2)
114. Clerics in the breach: a muster of the clergy (1415)
287(1)
C. VISITATIONS 287(20)
115. Bishop Robert Grosseteste describes his diocesan visitations (1250)
287(1)
116. Questions posed at visitations (1253)
288(3)
117. Visitations of parishes in Hereford (1397)
291(9)
118. Visitations of parishes in Exeter (1301, 1330)
300(7)
Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms 307(18)
Bibliography 325(4)
Acknowledgment of Sources in Copyright 329(4)
About the Editors 333

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