STUDIES

IN

CHURCH HISTORY.

IN

CHURCH HISTORY.

THE RISE OF THE TEMPORAL POWER.—BENEFIT

OF CLERGY.-EXCOMMUNICATION.

BY

HENRY C. LEA.

Ahi Costantin, di quanto mal fu matre
Non la tua conversion, ma quella dote,
Che da te prese il primo ricco patre!

Inferno, XIX

PHILADELPHIA:

HENRY C. L E A.

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, SON, & MARSTON,

CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET ST.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by

HENRY C. LEA,

in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States in and for
the Eastern District of the State of Pennsylvania.