Chapter 66LiVM.1.66
LXXX. Poeniientia a sacerdote procedetis.
LXXX. Poeniientia a sacerdote procedetis.
Repentance is proven when it comes from a priest, for punishment is not inflicted on souls by torturers unless it is extended according to the command of the judge.
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Poenitentia enim probatur, quae a sacerdote procedit, quoniam et a tortoribus poena animabus non infertur, nisi secundum quod illa a praecepto judicis extenditur,
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