▁bishop ' s ▁functions ▁( ord ination , ▁confirm ation , ▁et ▁c eter a ) ▁filled ▁the ▁Pont ific al , ▁the ▁priest ' s ▁offices ▁( b apt ism , ▁pen ance , ▁mat rim ony , ▁extreme ▁un ction , ▁etc .) ▁were ▁contained ▁in ▁a ▁great ▁variety ▁of ▁little ▁hand books , ▁finally ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁R it ual . ▁ ▁C od ification ▁The ▁Pont ific al ▁emer ged ▁first . ▁The ▁book ▁under ▁this ▁name ▁occurs ▁already ▁in ▁the ▁e ighth ▁century ▁( P ont ific al ▁of ▁Eg bert ). ▁From ▁the ▁nin th ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁mult itude ▁of ▁Pont ific als . ▁For ▁the ▁priest ' s ▁functions ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁uniform ▁book ▁till ▁ 1 6 1 4 . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁are ▁contained ▁in ▁the ▁Pont ific als ; ▁often ▁the ▁chief ▁ones ▁were ▁added ▁to ▁Miss als ▁and ▁Books ▁of ▁H ours . ▁Then ▁special ▁books ▁were ▁arranged , ▁but ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁kind ▁of ▁uniform ity ▁in ▁arrangement ▁or ▁name . ▁Through ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁a ▁vast ▁number ▁of ▁hand books ▁for ▁pri ests ▁having ▁the ▁care ▁of ▁sou ls ▁was ▁written . ▁Every ▁local ▁r ite , ▁almost ▁every ▁dioc ese , ▁had ▁such ▁books ; ▁indeed ▁many ▁were ▁comp il ations ▁for ▁the ▁convenience ▁of ▁one ▁priest ▁or ▁church . ▁Such ▁books ▁were ▁called ▁by ▁many ▁names -- Man uale , ▁Liber ▁ag endar um , ▁Ag enda , ▁Sac r ament ale , ▁sometimes ▁R itu