Praeterea monachorum quosdam atque monacharum, abjecto proposito sanctitatis, in tantam potestatis demersos esse lasciviam, ut prius clanculo, velut sub monasteriorum praetextu, illicita ac sacrilega se contagione miscuerint, postea vero in abruptum conscientiae desperatione perducti de illicitis complexibus libere filios procrearint, quod et publicae leges, et ecclesiastica jura condemnant: has igitur impudicas detestabilesque personas a monasteriorum coetu, ecclesiarumque conventibus eliminandas esse mandamus, quatenus retrusae in suis ergastulis tantum facinus continua lamentatione deflentes, purificatorio possint poenitudinis igne decoquere, ut eis vel ad mortem saltem, solius misericordiae intuitu per communionis gratiam possit indulgentia subvenire. Pape Siricius Epistola Decretalis Papae Siricii Himerio Episcopo Tarraconensi Source: Migne PL 13.1137b-c |
Moreover those certain monks and nuns, who having cast off the way of holiness, plunged into such great wantonness that first in secret, as it were under the veil of the monasteries, they embroiled themselves in forbidden and sacrilegious affairs, but later, led on swiftly by abandonment of conscience, they freely produced children by illicit intercourse, which both civil laws and ecclesiastical rules condemn, these shameless and detestable persons, therefore, we command should be banished from the community of monasteries and the congregations of churches, so that having been thrust away into their imprisonment, bewailing with constant lamentation their crimes, they can roast in the purifying fire of repentance, that at least at death, out of consideration of mercy alone, forgiveness through the grace of communion can come to their aid. Pope Siricius, from the Letter to Bishop Himerius of Tarragona |
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26 Nov 2019
Correcting The Fallen
14 Jul 2016
We Do Not Wish The Death Of Sinners
| Adjectum est etiam, quosdam Christianos ad apostasiam, quod dici nefas est, transeuntes, et idolorum cultu ac sacrificiorum contaminatione profanatos, quos a Christi corpore et sanguine, quo dudum redempti fuerant renascendo, jubemus abscindi. Et si resipiscentes forte aliquando fuerint ad lamenta conversi, his, quandiu vivunt agenda poenitentia est, et in ultimo fine suo reconciliationis gratia tribuenda, quia, docente Domino, nolumus mortem peccatoris, sed tantum ut convertatur, et vivat. Papa Siricius, Epistola Himerio Episcopo Tarraconensi, Epistola Decretalis |
It was also added that certain Christians, having passed over into apostasy, which is wicked just to say, are profaned by the worship of idols and the pollution of sacrifices, and these from the body and blood of Christ, by which formerly they were redeemed in new birth, we order cut off. And if recognising their error at some point perhaps they turn to lament, they should then do penance as long as they live, and in their final moment the grace of reconciliation should be given, because, as the Lord teaches, we do not wish the death of a sinner, only that he be converted and live. Pope Siricius, Letter to Himerius Bishop of Tarraconensis, The Decretal |
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