The Church in Scotland a History of Its Antecedents Its Conflicts And Its Ad
The Church in Scotland a History of Its Antecedents Its Conflicts And Its Ad
Moffat, James C. (James Clement), 1811-1890
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But the tithes were exacted from those to whom they were most oppressive, like other debts, by the ecclesiasti- cal process of cursing. Excommunication of a poor man for his poverty was grievous enough, but when inflicted as the first step in a process of distressing for debt, it was of a nature to kindle a fire of indignation against those from whom it proceeded. Besides tithes, there were other church dues and perquisites of clerical place, some of which, falling upon families in times of aff...liction, press- ed with an aggravated cruelty. Such were the priest's perquisites upon the occasion of death in a family, when the vicar claimed for his ser- vices, real or constructive, certain compensation. In the family of a farmer this entided him to one 284 THE CHURCH IM SCOTLAND. of the cows, and what was called the "upmost cloth" or outer garment of the departed; nor does it seem to have been usual to remit the claim if the clothing of the family was already too scant or if the one cow was all the poor man had.
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