[177] i. e., The marriage of the clergy.
[178] On this sort of reserved cases see Discussion of Confession, Vol. I, pp. 96 ff.
[179] "Irregularity" is the condition of any member of a monastic order who has violated the prescriptions of the order and been deprived, in consequence, of the benefits enjoyed by those who live under the regula, viz., the rule of the order.
[180] The three kinds of masses are really but one thing, viz., masses for the dead, celebrated on certain fixed days in each year, in consideration of the enjoyment of certain incomes, received either out of bequeathed endowments or from the heirs of the supposed beneficiaries.
[181] i. e., Even when the mass is decently said.
[182] See above, p. 72, note 1.
[183] See above, p. 104.
[184] Das geistliche Unrecht.
[185] The Treatise concerning the Ban, above, pp. 33 ff.
[186] i. e., To those who teach and enforce the canon law.