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Fourthly , the ecclesiastical authorities cannot of themselves proscribe any work as hostile or injurious to religion . It is the government which musj ( Jec ^ de , on such matters , after haying f ^ amined ancj declared the book which the clergy have denounced to be really dangerous . Fifthly , the ecclesiastical authorities have no concern with , or jurisdiction over , any matters but what are purely religious ; for instance , such as concern the modes and rites of public worship , the administration of the sacraments and of matrimonial affairs between Catholics , But even in these
things they can execute none of their decisions , without obtaining the placet royal . On all these points an excellent « Manual of Ecclesiastical Law" was , in 1823 , compiled by M . Brendel , Professor of Law in the University of Wurtzburg . It is one of the most important works which Germany has produced of late , and is particularly directed ( like the works of the Austrian writers on similar subjects ) to combating ultra-montanism and the false
pretensions by which the Papal Court has sought to make religion subservient to political or pecuniary views . The theological studies by which pupils are gradually prepared for and admitted into the ranks of the pastoral clergy , are arranged as follows : 1 . Those young men who intend to devote themselves to the clerical sfote , must begin by following the preparatory courses of study in the public schools of the kingdom , exactly as those who are destined for , other professions . They must , therefore , have successively passed through all the classes of a , royal gymnasium , and have obtained , after the usual examination , an authority to pass to a university . Those who have gpne through their
preparatory studies in a fpreign country , must also be examined and have the proper certificate . At the university the candidates for theology must frequent the courses of philosophy and literature , the same as , other students . These courses comprise logic , metaphysics , mathematics ^ physics , universal history , and Greek and L ^ tin literature . After terminating each course * the
pupil passes an examination and obtains a diploma which attests his diligence and points out the degree of his proficiency . 2 , It is only after having acquired this general instruction that students can pass on to the peculiar study of theology .. The faculty of theology then comprises the following courses : 1 . What is called the Encyclopaedia ot Theological Studies . 2 . The interpretation , of the Holy Scriptures ,, or Exefetic Theology . 3 . Ecclesiastical History . 4 , Ecclesiastical and Canop , aw . 5 . Morals . 6 . Dogmatical Theology . 7 . Oriental Philology .
The students must also frequent the pedagogic and esthetic classes . There is no positive prder of study laid down , bijt they must remain in the faculty of theology a , t lqast during six , academic h , alf-y $ arjy courses . They rnust be examined by the professor of each science which they cultivate , and obtain a certificate . Those who aspire to the degree of Doctor in Theology have a
much-m . qre rigorous course of preparation ajqd qualificajwn . T { ie faulty qf theology in the universities ranks equally witji others . The ecclesiastical authorities have nothing to do with the appointment of the grofess , or ^ an $ the latter owe neither to Hiepfx no , r to the bishops nor . vicarsgener ^ any ac ? oun (; f their te aching or doctrines , If the toil er thinjk the doctrines of ajjy qf tl * S professors heterodox , they n ^ y cprnplajn to the government , furnisfcingihe grounds and proofs of their denunciation .
3 . Those theological students who have terminated their academic pursuits can alone be admitted into the episcopal seminaries . These last are not in general organized in Bavaria according ta the direction of the Council
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 714, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/2/
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