[1320] Concil. Parisiens. ann. 1521 (Martene Ampl. Coll. VIII. 1018).
[1321] Quisquis igitur contra sacrorum conciliorum et patrum decreta, sacerdotes, diaconos aut subdiaconos lege cœlibatus non teneri docuerit aut liberas illis concesserit nuptias, inter hæreticos, omni tergiversatione rejecta numeretur.—Concil. Paris. ann. 1528, Decret. 8.
This, I think, is the first authoritative promulgation of Damiani’s doctrine, which, as we shall hereafter see, was adopted and extended by the council of Trent.
[1322] Ibid. can. 3, 27.
[1323] Pierre de la Place, Estat de Rel. et Rep. Liv. III.
[1324] Concil. Narbonnens. ann. 1551 can. 22 (Harduin. X. 468).
[1325] Consilium de Emend. Eccles. (Le Plat, Monument. Concil. Trident. II. 598).
[1326] Bull, ad Canonum (Mag. Bull. Roman. Ed. 1692, I. 682).
Alexander III., in prohibiting the sons of priests from enjoying their fathers’ benefices, had permitted it if a third party intervened, and a dispensation for the irregularity were obtained. The letter of this law was frequently observed, but its spirit eluded by nominally passing the preferment through the hands of a man of straw, and it was this abuse which Clement desired to eradicate.
[1327] Consilium de Emend. Eccles. (Le Plat, Monument. Concil. Trident. II. 599).