CXIIII. Poenitentia abortum procurantis
CXIIII. Poenitentia abortum procurantis
But women who have suppressed and destroyed their own conceptions, namely the material substance of a human figure, should receive harsh fasts and severe punishments through true repentance, so that they may free themselves from the aforementioned penalties. The repentance of a mother for her children born of her. 133. Mothers who have subjected their children to death, and have sinned more than beasts, should punish themselves with the most severe fasts and harsh beatings, and with the roughness of their clothing, in the anguish of solitude, so that they may find a remedy for salvation in the life to come.
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Feminae autem quae conceptus suos, videlicet materiam figurae hominis, in semetipsis oppresserint et dissipaverint, aspera jejunia et aspera verbera per veram poenitentiam recipiant, quatenus seipsas praedictis poenis eripiant.
Poenitentia matris de se natum infanium occidentis. 133. lUae quoque, quae infantes de se natos morti subjecerint, et ita plus quam bestialitater peccaverint, ut damnationem mortis evadant, acerrimis jejuniis et diris verberibus ac asperitate vestium, in solitudinis angustia, se puniant, quatenus in futura vita remedium salvationis inveniant.
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