Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The white clergy must be married before they can be ordained, but must not marry a second time: but are at liberty then to enter among the black clergy, and a way is thus opened for their accession to the higher orders. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The Russian clergy are divided into regular and secular, the former are all monks, and the latter are the parochial clergy. The superiour clergy are called Archires, but the title of Metropolitan, or Bishop, is personal, and not properly attached to the see, as in the western church. Next after the Archires rank the black clergy, including the chiefs of monasteries and convents, and after them the Monks. The secular priests are called the white clergy, including the Protoires (or proto-popes) priests and deacons, together with the Readers and Sacristans. ”
