Oculus Sacerdotis

The Oculus Sacerdotis was a 14th-century book by William of Pagula. Influenced by or possibly lifted from the Peckham Constitutions of 1281,^[1] they are divided into three volumes written between 1320 and 1323,^[2] the book sought to be a comprehensive manual for parish priests (many of whom were poorly educated),^[2] and covered the confessional, sacramental theology and preaching. Described as "deep, all-encompassing and quite encyclopaedic",^[3] sections of the book were in use up to the late Middle Ages, and approximately fifty copies are known still to exist in various libraries.