Benefice
A benefice has a number of meanings.
Originally, it was a gift of land given as a reward for services rendered.
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Archive for October, 2007
Benefice before the Reformation
At one point, Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, the grandson and cardinal-nephew
Benefices after the Reformation
The corruption of some priests brought forth the Reformation in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
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Benefices in the Church of Englan
The term benefice is used in the Church of England.
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