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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
THE LIFE OF XIMENES , ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO .
[ CONIINVED FROM OUR LAST . ] r ^ URING his stay at Toledo , he published various regulations for ^ the clergy and people , and made munificent presents to his church , lie filled up some vacant benefices , and gave them to poor ecclesiastics , with whose virtues he was acquainted , but to whom these favours were totally unexpected . in the disposal of curesabove every other
, consideration , the service of the church was nearest his heart ; and notwithstanding he had under his own roof priests of exemplary manners , he chose such from other quarters as he thought most adapted to the situations they were to sustain . One thing he invariably observed ; never to bestow benefices on those who requested them immediately or through interest ; nor to
admit such pretensions from the prevalence of favour ; affirming , that men of that description are commonly void of capacity and merit , or at least want a sense of modesty and humility . He visited the cathedral , and finding the choir straitened for > room , and darkened by the chapel-wall , which being the cemetery of the ancient Kings and Princes of Spain , his predecessors had not ventured to move , he sent for architects , _ and ordered them to demolish
the chapel , and to transport the tombs to the two sides of the altarpiece : whatever remonstrances the chapter made , however urgent , in the name of the Kinst , the chaplains founded in this place were in opposition to them ; all they could obtain was , on the arrival of her Majesty , expected in a few days ; to ask her consent . Every thin * that was necessary for the celebration of divine service with neatness , and even with magnificencehe gave to the parishes and monasteries
, of the city . The time of his synod approaching , he went to Alcala , where the priests of his diocese assembled from all parts , to receive his orders and instructions : With paternal affection he addressed himself to each individual ; and when they were collected together , he delivered a charge that inspired them with hih respect for their vocationand
g , a desire to sanctify themselves in labouring for the salvation of souls . In this synod , and in that held since at Talavira , he instituted several very useful ordinances , which the wisest prelates have observed from that time , not only in Spain , but in every Christian kingdom ; and which the council of Trent has generally established in the whole church .
He ordered each curate to explain the gospel on Sundays and festivals , after high mass , to the people , in a familiar and rational way ; and in the evening , after prayers , to assemble his parishioners , particularl y the younger part of them ; and with assiduity to initiate them VOL , x * z 7 ,
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
THE LIFE OF XIMENES , ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO .
[ CONIINVED FROM OUR LAST . ] r ^ URING his stay at Toledo , he published various regulations for ^ the clergy and people , and made munificent presents to his church , lie filled up some vacant benefices , and gave them to poor ecclesiastics , with whose virtues he was acquainted , but to whom these favours were totally unexpected . in the disposal of curesabove every other
, consideration , the service of the church was nearest his heart ; and notwithstanding he had under his own roof priests of exemplary manners , he chose such from other quarters as he thought most adapted to the situations they were to sustain . One thing he invariably observed ; never to bestow benefices on those who requested them immediately or through interest ; nor to
admit such pretensions from the prevalence of favour ; affirming , that men of that description are commonly void of capacity and merit , or at least want a sense of modesty and humility . He visited the cathedral , and finding the choir straitened for > room , and darkened by the chapel-wall , which being the cemetery of the ancient Kings and Princes of Spain , his predecessors had not ventured to move , he sent for architects , _ and ordered them to demolish
the chapel , and to transport the tombs to the two sides of the altarpiece : whatever remonstrances the chapter made , however urgent , in the name of the Kinst , the chaplains founded in this place were in opposition to them ; all they could obtain was , on the arrival of her Majesty , expected in a few days ; to ask her consent . Every thin * that was necessary for the celebration of divine service with neatness , and even with magnificencehe gave to the parishes and monasteries
, of the city . The time of his synod approaching , he went to Alcala , where the priests of his diocese assembled from all parts , to receive his orders and instructions : With paternal affection he addressed himself to each individual ; and when they were collected together , he delivered a charge that inspired them with hih respect for their vocationand
g , a desire to sanctify themselves in labouring for the salvation of souls . In this synod , and in that held since at Talavira , he instituted several very useful ordinances , which the wisest prelates have observed from that time , not only in Spain , but in every Christian kingdom ; and which the council of Trent has generally established in the whole church .
He ordered each curate to explain the gospel on Sundays and festivals , after high mass , to the people , in a familiar and rational way ; and in the evening , after prayers , to assemble his parishioners , particularl y the younger part of them ; and with assiduity to initiate them VOL , x * z 7 ,