Jim Bugslag wrote:
> Might this penance
> involve participation in such processions?
I would think so. The intention of the penance, one should remember,
was not only to punish the former heretic by forcing him to
make donations or to make a pilgrimage, but also to expose him to the
others. That's why the wearing of the penitent heretic's cross was an
obligation, and not seldom in verdicts of penitent heretics the fact is
stressed that they had to stand at the entrance of the church so that
everybody
could see them. Many heretic's requests to let these terms aside show how
embarrassing it must have been for them to be exposed like this.
I've never came across an explicit obligation to assist at a quadragesimal
(or
any other) procession, but perhaps other list-members can help?
Best wishes
Nik
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lic. phil. Niklaus Schatzmann-Jenny
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