Celibacy stopped churchmen from producing heirs , and the general idea was that the church lands would go back into the hands of the church upon the death of a prelate 独身制度使得神职者不能再有后代，这也使得教会的土地在高级教士死后能够回到教会手中。
Years rolled on , and amongst the descendants some were soldiers , others diplomatists ; some churchmen , some bankers ; some grew rich , and some were ruined 许多年又过去了，在他们后代之中，有的当了军人，有的当了外交家，有的当了教士，有成了银行家，有的发了财，有的破了产。
Each brother candidly recognized that there were a few unimportant scores of millions of outsiders in civilized society , persons who were neither university men nor churchmen ; but they were to be tolerated rather than reckoned with and respected 他们每一个人都坦诚地承认，在文明的社会里，还有千千万万的无足轻重的化外之人，他们既不属于大学，也不属于教会对他们只需容忍，而无需尊敬和一视同仁。
