Priesthood and fornication (Roger, of Wendover; Paris, Matthew; Giles, tr., Roger of Wendover's Flowers of history, 2 vols., 1849, vol. 1)

Text: "Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3

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How a legate was surprised committing fornication.

   A.D. 1125. John of Crema, cardinal of the apostolic see, came into England with the king's licence, and visited all the bishoprics and abbeys. He had large presents made to him, and held a solemn synod at London on the nativity of the virgin Mary; where he spoke severely of the concubines of the clergy, saying that it was a great sin to rise from their side, and to make Christ's body; but that very night he was surprised in company with a prostitute, though he had that same day consecrated Christ's body. The fact was so notorious that it could not be denied, and so his great honour turned the more signally into dishonour. [...]

Roger, of Wendover; Paris, Matthew; Giles, John Allen, tr., Roger of Wendover's Flowers of history: comprising the history of England from the descent of the Saxons to A.D. 1235; formerly ascribed to Matthew Paris, translated from the Latin, 2 vols., London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849, vol. 1, p. 475.

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