[1613] Helsen, pp. 19-20.
[1614] Ibid. pp. 74-5.
[1615] Helsen, pp. 13, 16, 18, 100.
[1616] The comparative strength of the ecclesiastical militia is an important element in considering the condition of the church and its influence on the laity. I have already quoted statistics with regard to France, Belgium, and Austria, and will here append those for some of the other states and cities of Europe as given by Prof. von Schulte in his work on the Newer Catholic Orders (N. Y. Nation, Aug. 1st, 1872, p. 75).
Prussia, one ecclesiastic for every 584 Catholics, of all ages.
Bavaria, one for every 300 Catholics.
Germany at large, one for every 481.
Aix-la-Chapelle, one for every 110.
Cologne, one for every 313.
Münster, one for every 61.