Author: Pope Benedict ( Benedictus - Benedicti ) XIV [ Lambertini, Prospero Lorenzo ]
Title: Sanctissimi Domini Nostri Benedicti Papae XIV. De Synodo Dioecesana Libri Tredecim In Duos Tomos Distributi. Tomus Primus [only]
Description: Jo Manfrè, Ferrariae [ Ferrara ], 1775, reprint. Later half calf over pebble grained cloth. G. xxviii+540pp, bound with approx 25 blank leaves at the rear, upper board detached & 2 thirds of the spine likewise, endpapers yellowed, occasional marginalia, old ownership signatures to the half title & endpaper ( of John Rock, Irish College, Rome dated 1875 ), Ink stamp of Clonard Monastery Belfast, a working copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ The first volume of Pope Benedict XIV' most renowned work - De Synodo Dioecesana, which has been called 'the best work on diocesan synods' [Catholic Encyclopaedia]. De Synodo Dioecesana, a classic work, first published in 1748 after Lambertini's elevation to the papacy, is an adaptation, to diocesan administration, of general ecclesiastical law. Augustin Joseph Schulte in the Catholic Encyclopaedia called it 'one of the most important, if not the most important, modern work on canon law'

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