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MILITARY OHD 171
In ordinary relationship, serfdom bore a close analogy
to. domestic service as our forefathers used to carry
it out. If the serf w^as the property of his master,
the master to a certain extent made the serf his care.
Mamimi - ion \Vfc8 not onfrequent. H Wftfl Always
necessary in the case of receiving Holy Orders.
point of contention between Henry II. and the Pope
a,s that the king insisted on the ordination depend-
ing on the consent of the lord, which the Pope would
not tolerate; On the other hand, if a bishop ordained
a serf without the consent of that serfs lord, he was
bound to pay his price to the lord, and the serf was
free afterwards.
Leprosy constituted another feature, of which
legislation, both civil and ecclesiastical, had to take
account. The devoted ness of Father Damien has
shown the world what one soul full of divine love
can do to mitigate this terrible disease.
Leper
houses and endowments met the evil when it was as
common in England as cancer is now. It was
reckoned the privilege of kingship to cure leprosy.
Edward the Confessor lovingly exercised this right ;
but with the Norman kings it seems to have fallen
into disuse.
The Crusades produced the military orders of
Templars, in Ills, and of Knights of St. John, also
called Hospitallers and Knights of Malta. i No
others obtained a status in England. The Templars
were strictly a military order, and when once the
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