Christus precipit, quod prouideatur taliter, quod pro absolucione peccatorum nulla pecunia recipiatur et quod parrochiales sacerdotes possint absoluere de omnibus peccatis occultis, ne peccatores, si remittantur ad superiores non absoluti, propter timorem verecundie in suis mortalibus peccatis indurentur et in eisdem dampnabiliter moriantur.
The Stains of Avarice and Fear
Christ identifies two major corruptions in the Church: the demand for money for absolution and the failure of priests to absolve hidden sins.
The Son says, "There are two stains in my Church." The first is that few people are absolved unless money is paid first. The second is that parish priests don't dare to absolve sinners of all their hidden sins,
The Mercy of Accessible Absolution
Christ warns against the dangers of referring sinners to bishops, which leads to public shame, and calls for pastoral care that prevents souls from dying in mortal sin.
Instead, they claim they can't absolve them in certain cases reserved for bishops, so they send those sinners to the bishops, and they're questioned for so long that their secret sins become known to everyone. Therefore, those who have a zeal for souls should help them in a healthy way, so that souls don't die in their mortal sins out of shame, embarrassment, or stubbornness.
Read the original Latin
Filius loquitur: "Due macule sunt in Ecclesia mea. Vna est, quod pauci absoluuntur nisi pecunia precedente. Secunda est, quod parrochiales sacerdotes non audent absoluere peccatores de omnibus peccatis suis occultis,
sed asserentes se non posse illos absoluere in aliquibus casibus episcopis reseruatis mittunt illos peccatores ad episcopos, et tanto tempore discuciuntur, donec occulta peccata fiunt omnibus manifesta.
Ideo, qui habent zelum animarum, debent talibus salubriter occurrere, ne anime vel pudore verecundie vel obduracione in peccatis mortalibus moriantur."
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