 | John Timbs - 1858 - 274 Seiten
...called parson because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented ; and he is himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church (which he personates) by a perpetual succession. He is sometimes called the rector or governor of the... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1865 - 642 Seiten
...parson, persona, because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented: and he is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect...the rights of the church by a perpetual succession. A parson has, during his life, the freehold in himself of the parsonage-house, the glebe, the tithes,... | |
 | 1868 - 318 Seiten
...— -persona — because by his person the Church, which is an invisible body, is represented, and he is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church which he personates by a perpetual succession." This is the view that I have sought to present to the... | |
 | 1868 - 322 Seiten
...and I waa sona—because by his person the Church, which is an invisible body, is represented, and he is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church which he personates by a perpetual succession." This is the view that I have sought to present to the... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - 280 Seiten
...called parson because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented ; and he is himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church (which he personates) by a perpetual succession. He is sometimes called the rector or governor of the... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1870 - 674 Seiten
...so-called, (persona,) because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented; and he is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church which he personates, by a perpetual succession. Co. Lift. 300. 1 Bl. Com. ub. sup. Dr. Wooddcsson observes... | |
 | William Henry Pinnock - 1870 - 174 Seiten
...is "represented : and that he is called ' Rector,' because he is " the governor of the Church ; and is in himself a body " corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of " the Church which he personates, by a perpetual suc" cession." — (Commentaries on the Laws of England. vol. iv.... | |
 | 1873 - 670 Seiten
...so called because in his person the Church, which is an invisible body, is represented ; and he is himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church, which he personates, by a perpetual succession. Such a one, as Sir Edward Coke observed, and he alone,... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1875 - 860 Seiten
...parson, persona, because by his person the church, •which is an invisible body, is represented ; and he is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church, which he personates, by a perpetual succession. (n) He is sometimes called the rector, с г governor,... | |
 | Select thoughts, Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1875 - 858 Seiten
...parson (versona) because by his person the Church, which ie an invisible body, is represented ; and he is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the Church which he personates.— B uck. ГАЕ50Н . - An Excellent He was a shepherd, no mercenary ; And though... | |
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A parson, persona ecclesice, is one that hath full possession of all the rights 'of a parochial church. He is called parson, persona, because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented; and he is in himself a body corporate,... 
