Christus dicit de quodam penitenciario pape existente Rome, quod, quamuis viciosus est, nichilominus absolucio, quam facit confitentibus, rata est apud Deum. Et predicit Christus eius subitaneam mortem.
The Validity of the Office
Christ warns of the moral failings of a specific penitentiary while affirming the divine validity of his sacramental authority.
"This penitentiary is a leper." Like a kite, he’s bold in small matters and proud as a lion. And so, like a butterfly with broad wings but a tiny body, he’ll fall at the slightest breeze. Still, you should know that the absolution he gives to those who confess to him by the authority of the Church is just as valid before God as the absolution of righteous priests.
The Sudden End of Vanity
A prophetic warning is issued regarding the fleeting nature of worldly ambition, followed by the account of the man's sudden death.
Also, tell him this: You'll get what you crave, but you won't hold onto it; in fact, others will snatch away what you've gathered. He obtained the archbishopric after this, and died that very day.
Read the original Latin
"Iste penitenciarius leprosus est. Et sicut auis, que vocatur miluus, audax est in minimis, superbus vt leo. Et ideo sicut papilio, qui habet alas latas et modicum corpus, cadet a minimo vento.
Attamen scias, quod absolucio eius, quam facit confitentibus sibi auctoritate Ecclesie, ita rata est apud Deum sicut absolucio iustorum sacerdotum. Item dic ei sic:
'Quod concupiscis, habebis sed non possidebis, ymmo congregata tua rapient alii.'" Qui post hec optinuit archiepiscopatum et ipso die mortuus est.
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