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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Some tanning and marking due to age. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The first study in English history of Reservation in the Western Church. It traces the story from the earliest known refer- ences in the writings of Justin Tertullian etc. and gives detailed information of the manner of reservation national habits and the evolu- tion of the many customs associated with Reservation together with ecclesiastical legis- lation. The account ends with the Codification of Canon Law in 1918. The work is fully documented illustrated with fine plates and indexed and is an essential handbook for the student of Church history and liturgiology. To make the book as comprehensive as pos- sible a supplement by C. E. POCKNEE an Anglican scholar has been added on ‘Reserv- tion in the Church of England since the Reformation.’ The author of the book a Roman Catholic lay-theologian is already well known for his Liturgies of the Primatial Sees and other liturgical works. (SP)