Catholic Church Finances

[Sarpi, Paolo]. FATHER PAUL OF BENEFICIARY MATTERS: OR THE DUES OF THE ALTAR BEING, A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUES. SHEWING, I. THEIR RISE, PROGRESS, AND THE VARIOUS MEANS BY WHICH THEY HAVE ACCRUED TO THE CHURCH... THAT ECCLESIASTICKS BECOME TOO GREEDY IN ACQUIRING ESTATES... THE ORIGINAL OF TYTHES...[TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOPHER HAYES]

London: Printed for Olive Payne, 1730. Cont. calf; [3], xviii-xxi, [2], xxii-xlviii, [2], 260 pp. Corners rounded, rebacked, red morocco spine label, marbled end papers. The preliminaries are paginated quite irregularly, but perfectly complete. Woodcut initials and headpieces. A very good copy; rubbing to covers (heavy rubbing on a ½ by ½ inch square area); ½ by 1½ inch section cut from fly-leaf (likely to remove the prior owner’s name); light foxing — but overall quite a nice copy. Paolo Sarpi (1551–1623) was a Venetian historian. This is the only English edition of his work on Catholic Church finances. Discusses both the wealth and cost of monasteries; addresses who” is the owner of ecclesiastical estates; how the church should provide for its members in old age; extensive analysis of tithing — its justifications and administration; how to balance providing for the poor and the administrative and property management needs of the Church. A scarce book on a fascinating subject.

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