LIIII. De poenitentia latronum.
LIIII. De poenitentia latronum.
But those who have engaged in the same vice of robbery, and have not feared to plunder others, should not neglect to punish their own bodies with harsh clothing, severe fasting, and painful scourging, if they wish to be freed from the aforementioned penalties.
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Sed et qui in eodem vitio latrocinium aggressus, homines rebus suis expoliare non timuit, si se praedictis poenis absolvere voluerit, aspera veste et acerrimis jejuniis ac duris flagellis corpus suum, cum quo peccavit, castigare non negligat.
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