8vo - 23.5 x 14.5 cm; 388 - (14) - pp. Textured brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind stampings on the front and back boards and with blind stamped border rules. The question of ecclesial authority as it operates in and through the professed clergy and religious of the Catholic Church - a topic that arose at creation and will rest when all else has passed away. Here, one clergy man gives voice to his thoughts. Mild wear to the externals with some scuffing, minor bumping to the corners and moderate wear to the spine with small tears or pulls to the spine head and tail. The hinges are tender though solid. The text paper is browned on the margins. otherwise Interior is clean. The library was a cloistered reference library and show minimal markings with none being external. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted.; Ex-Library