An exposition of the dangers of interment in cities; illustrated by an account of the funeral rites and customs of the Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, and primitive Christians; by ancient and modern ecclesiastical canons, civil statutes, and municipal regulations; and by chemical and physical principles. Chiefly from the works of Vicq d'Azyr ... and Prof. Scipione Piattoli ... / with additons by Felix Pascalis.

  • Pascalis Ouviere, Felix, 1762-1833.
Date:
1823
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Credit: An exposition of the dangers of interment in cities; illustrated by an account of the funeral rites and customs of the Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, and primitive Christians; by ancient and modern ecclesiastical canons, civil statutes, and municipal regulations; and by chemical and physical principles. Chiefly from the works of Vicq d'Azyr ... and Prof. Scipione Piattoli ... / with additons by Felix Pascalis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    at Avignon in 1326; one at Narbonne in 1551 ; one at Toledo in 1566; one at Malines in 1570; a committee of the clergy of France assembled at Melun in 1579; a synod at Rouen in 1581 ; one at Rheims in 1583; one at Bordeaux, and at Tours the same year; one at Bruges in S584; one at Aix in 1585; one at Toulouse in 1590; and one at Narbonne, and another at Bordeaux in 1624: all. of these have given on this subject the same pre¬ cepts, and admitted the same doctrine. (42) In the course of the several centuries which passed between the pontificate of Gregory and the Council of Trent, there was a continual struggle, to free the Church from the imputation of receiving remuneration for interment in temples. Exaction was always proscribed, but voluntary offerings were made, and accepted. The difficulty of pre¬ vailing on churches to give up this source of reve¬ nue, was always the greatest obstacle in the way of those bishops who wrere zealous for the ancient discipline. If on the one side, the spirit of interest could have been eradicated in persons attached to the Church, and, oi? the other, if the self-love of Christians could have been persuaded that the grave should level all distinctions, and that any spot was the same for their last home, the old cus¬ tom of cemeteries might have been re-established. St. Charles, bishop of Milan, warmly desired such a restoration, and in his first council, he expressed a strong wish to that effect. (43) With this design in view, he openly attacked the ambition of the great, who maintained this abuse. He knew that