XLVIII. De poenitentia ob maleficium.
XLVIII. De poenitentia ob maleficium.
And again, I heard a voice speaking to me from the living light, saying: "What you see is true." But those who contend against evil spirits, urging others to commit wrongdoing, and who try to escape the penalties of the same vice, afflict themselves with harsh garments, and punish themselves with extreme fasts and severe beatings, all while under the judgment of justice.
Read the original Latin
Et iterum de praefata vivente luce vocem mihi dicentem audivi: Haec quae vides, vera sunt.
Sed homines qui malignos spiritus, ad maleficium eos exhortantes, contenderint devincere, et poenas ejusdem vitii eflfugere, aspera veste se affligant, ac durissimis jejuniis ac acerrimis verberibus cum judicio justitiac se castigent.
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