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Liber gratissimus

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  • In St. Peter Damian: Early life and career

    …particularly evident in Damian’s tract Liber gratissimus (1052; “Most-Favoured Book”), which treated the problem of simony (the purchase of ecclesiastical office) and the validity of the sacraments bestowed by a simoniac cleric. Although he strongly condemned the purchase of office by clergymen, Damian defended the validity of the sacraments they…

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