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60 A History of Sweden
known as Peter’s pence. By this act Sweden had ac-
knowledged the pope as its highest authority in church
matters.
The Priesthood. In 1248 another’ papal legate held a
church council in Skeninge. There it was ordered that
The Cathedral of Lund. Romanesque style.
the priests, like the monks, were to live unmarried.
No concern for wife and children, no joy of family life,
should engage the thoughts of the priests. To the serv-
ice of the Church all their powers were to be devoted.
By these and other regulations churchmen were sep-
arated from the rest of the people as a distinct order
or estate. They were not under the jurisdiction of any
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