.146.]

[Footnote 5240: Emile Ollivier, ibid., I., 136.]

[Footnote 5241: Id., ibid., I., p. 285. (According to Abbe Denys,
"Etudes sur l'administration de l'Eglise," p. 211.)--Cf. Abbe Andre,
ibid., and "L'Etat actuel du clerge en France par les freres Allignol"
(1839).--This last work, written by two assistant-cures, well shows,
article by article, the effects of the Concordat and the enormous
distance which separates the clergy of to-day from the old clergy.
The modifications and additions which comport with this exposition are
indicated by Abbe Richandeau, director of the Blois Seminary, in his
book, "De l'ancienne et de la nouvelle discipline de l'Eglise en France"
(1842). Besides this, the above exposition, as well as what follows, is
derived from, in addition to printed documents, personal observations,
much oral information, and numerous manuscript letters.]

[Footnote 5242: "Manreze du pretre," by the R. P. Caussette,
vicar-general of Toulouse, 1879., V. II.,p.523. (As stated by the
Abbe Dubois, an experienced missionary. He adds that these priests,
"transferred to difficult posts, are always on good terms with their
mayors,... triumph over obstacles, and maintain peace.")--Ibid., I.,
p.312. "I do not know whether the well-informed consciences of our
lords the bishops have made any mistakes, but what pardons have they not
granted! what scandals have they not suppressed! what reputations have
they not preserved! what a misfortune if you have to do with a court
instead of with a father! For the court acquits and does not pardon....
And your bishop may not only employ the mercy of forgiveness, but,
again, that of secrecy. How reap the advantages of this paternal system
by calumniating it!"]

[Footnote 5243: Vie de Mgr. Dupanloup," by Abbe Lagrange, II.,p.43:
"Mgr. Dupanloup believed that pastoral removal was very favorable, not
to say necessary, to the good administration of a diocese, to the proper
management of parishes, even to the honor of priests and the Church,
considering the difficulties of the times we live in. Irremovability
was instituted for fortunate times and countries in which the people
fulfilled all their duties and in which the sacerdotal ministry could
not be otherwise than a simple ministry of conservation; at the present
day it is a ministry of conquest and of apostleship. The bishop,
accordingly, must dispose of his priests as he thinks them fit for this
work, according to their zeal and