| John Britton - 1808 - 888 pages
...called the ' Constitutions of Odo,' was promulgated in 943, and contains the following passage : " I strictly command and charge, that no man presume...possessions of the clergy ; who are the sons of God ; and the sons of God ought to be free from all taxes in every kingdom. If any man dare to disobey... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1808 - 878 pages
...called the • Constitutions of Odo,' was promulgated in 9*3, and contains the following passage: " I strictly command and charge, that no man presume...possessions of the clergy ; who are the sons of God ; and the sons of God ought to be free from all taxes in every kingdom. If any man dare to disobey... | |
| James Sargant Storer - 1814 - 444 pages
...i In his Pastoral Letter, or Constitution, he writes, " I strictly command and charge, that no roan presume to lay any tax on the possessions of the clergy, who are the sons of God, and the sons of God ought to be free from alt taxes. If any man dares to disobey the discipline of... | |
| 1824 - 494 pages
...century later, affords a striking example of the arrogance of the clergy in those remote days. He " endeavoured to render the church independent of all...strictly command and charge that no man presume to lay any.tax on the possessions of the clergy, who are the sons of God. I command the king, the princes,... | |
| English history - 1833 - 338 pages
...character of Odo in particular. " I strictly command and charge," says this remarkable instrument, " that no man presume to lay any tax on the possessions of the Clergy, who are the sons of God ; and the sons of God ought to be free from all taxes in every Kingdom." — " If any man dares to... | |
| James B. Holroyd - 1834 - 426 pages
...his old age, he speaks in a high magisterial tone;—"I strictly command and " charge," says he, " that no man presume " to. lay any tax on the possessions of the " Clergy, who are the sons of God, and " the sons of God ought to he free from all " taxes in every kingdom.—If any man " dares to disobey... | |
| Henry Alworth Merewether - 1835 - 688 pages
...them all are particularly noted. The constitutions of Odo command — " that no man presume A. u. 943. to lay any tax on the possessions of the clergy, who are the sons of God, and the sons of God ought to be free from all taxes in every kingdom," &c.* This probably was the origin... | |
| John Britton - 1836 - 468 pages
...penalties were exacted for committing certain crimes. In his Pastoral Letters, Odo blushes not to write, " I strictly command and charge, that no man presume to lay any tax on the posses9 Annal. Bened. ii. 143. Lingard, Antiq. &c. p. 318. 10 This furnishes an additional proof that... | |
| William Jones - 1838 - 708 pages
...(commonly called the Constitutions of Odo,) in which he addresses them in this magisterial style : — " I strictly command and charge, that no man presume...possessions of the clergy, who are the sons of God, and the sons of God ought to be free from all taxes in every kingdom. If any man dares to disobey the... | |
| John Dowling - 1871 - 962 pages
...(commonly called the Constitutions of Odo), in which he addresses them in this magisterial style : " I strictly command and charge that no man presume...lay any tax on the possessions of the clergy, who arc the sons of God, and the sons of God ought to be free from all taxes in every kingdom. If any man... | |
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