[908] St. Paul, ‘1 Corinthians,’ ch. vii. v. 38.
[909] Ibid., ch. vii. vv. 1, 2, 9.
[910] Mayer, loc. cit. vol. ii. pp. 289, et seq.
[911] Lecky, ‘History of European Morals,’ vol. ii. p. 122. Milman, ‘History of Latin Christianity,’ vol. i. p. 152.
[912] Gibbon, loc. cit. vol. i. pp. 318, et seq.
[913] Draper, ‘History of the Intellectual Development of Europe,’ vol. i. p. 415.
[914] Fulton, loc. cit. pp. 140, 142.
[915] Lea, ‘Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church,’ p. 66.
[916] Gieseler, ‘Text-Book of Ecclesiastical History,’ vol. ii. p. 275.
[917] Sachs, ‘Text-Book of Botany,’ p. 897.