Clean and Unclean

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The distinction between legal and ceremonial, as opposed to moral, cleanness and uncleanness which stands out so prominently in Mosaic legislation.

Source Record

Publication: The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1908.
Nihil Obstat: Nihil Obstat. Remy Lafort, Censor.
Imprimatur: Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.