Father Paul of beneficiary matters: or, the dues of the altar. Being, a compleat history of ecclesiastical revenues. Shewing, I. Their Rise, Progress, and the Various Means by which they have accrued to the Church. II. Why the Church in its Infancy had no Immovable Estates. III. That Ecclesiasticks become too greedy in acquiring Estates; and that their Avarice ought to be restrained. IV. That Estates left to the Church, in prejudice of the Legal-Heirs, ought to be rejected. V. That when Bishops became Judges of Civil Affairs, they neglected to Teach the Doctrines of Christ. VI. The Original of Tythes; and of the Pretensions and Claims of Curates. Vii. The Original of Cardinals, who were at first inferiour to Bishops. Viii. That the Abuse of Non-Residence, sprung from Ordaining without Title or Office. IX. The Distinction between Benefices compatible and incompatible. The Commendam its Original; and what are declared by the Canonists to be Necessaries for the Subsistence of the Beneficiaries, &c. X. That the Canonists have alter'd the ancient Policy of the Church, by asserting the Pope sole Proprietor of all Benefices [electronic resource].