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From: "Dr Jim Bugslag" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [M-R] Chantry Chapels in Monastic Houses
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And at
> the more encompassing Council of Vienne in 1311 it was decreed that no
> monk of 24 years of age and who was not otherwise disqualified (how, I
> wonder?) might refuse to take holy orders when commanded by his abbot;
IIRC a man had to be "physically perfect" to be priested. I have a vague
memory of a Scottish graduate (of Glasgow ?) who had been blinded in one eye
by a carrot (!!) thrown during a student brawl and who had to get a papal
dispensation to be ordained in spite of his handicap. Obviously a man who
was wholly blind and could not see to read the service books would be at a
serious disadvantage even in a society where a lot could and was learned by
heart. But I think a lame man (Vide Gilbert of Sempringham) or a eunuch was
disqualified also or at least needed a dispensation. These disqualifications
would not apply to monks.
BMC
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