Medieval architecture; its origins and development : with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York : Baker and Taylor Co. · leaf 361
precisely thismoment. Meanwhile corruption was progressing apace within theChurch. By the opening of the XIV century all the effects ofthe XII century reform had disappeared, and the regular andsecular clergy had alike fallen into decadence. The accumula-tion of benefices, immorality, and simony… … III. 22l2. — Facade of Laon ANAGNI the sacraments. Excommunications were so much abusedthat the power of the keys was openly ridiculed. Scandalousand blasphemous charges were constantly brought againstthe Church and its ministers. Throughout the length andbreadth of France Sunday was no longer…
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