Of Things Pertaining to the Episcopal State
OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE EPISCOPAL STATE (EIGHT ARTICLES)
Articles list
Whether it is lawful to desire the office of a bishop?
Whether it is lawful for a man to refuse absolutely an appointment to the episcopate?
Whether he that is appointed to the episcopate ought to be better than others?
Whether a bishop may lawfully forsake the episcopal cure, in order to enter religion?
Whether it is lawful for a bishop on account of bodily persecution to abandon the flock committed to his care?
Whether it is lawful for a bishop to have property of his own?
Whether bishops sin mortally if they distribute not to the poor the ecclesiastical goods which accrue to them?
Whether religious who are raised to the episcopate are bound to religious observances?