Letter 29: Joanncm Uieromjmum Hierosolymitanum prospicere debuiue, lest tol ac tantis malis, quibus afftictas are Puula and...
Joanncm Uieromjmum Hierosolymitanum prospicere
debuiue , ne tol ac tantis malis, quibus afftictas
sunt Puula et Eustbchium, opprimerenlur, ac nisi
Itasc deinceps au' corrigantur, aul retundantur, ra-
tionem inde redditurum.
Dilectissimo Irairi Joanni Innocentius.
Direpiioucs, c;cdes, incendia, omne facinus, ex-
Irema: h clementiae gencrosissimae sancl;c virgines
Eusiochium et Panla deplorayerunt in locis Eecle-
siae tuse perpetrasse diabolum : nomen enim liominis
caiisamque relicuerunt. Qnod etsi ambiguum non
sii. c a quo cominissum, opnrinit tamen custodire rt
germaniiatem luam, et d gregi illius snlliciiius pro-
videre, ne quid liujusmodi orirelur, quod eum alio-
rum periculo tua l.icessit negligeniia e admitlere in
gregem Domini ; el tales agnas incendio, armiset
perseculionibiis, nudas, debiles, post siioriun c;cdes
et morles, vix vivcre audivimus. Nihil movet pie-
laiem ' ill.nii sacerdotii tui de lania diaboli in te at-
que in luos poiestatc admissa ? in le, inquam ; prorsus
cnimGsacerdoiis gravilatem condemnattanlum nefas
in Ecclesia fuisse compleluni. Ulii provisiones ttioe?
ubi ccrte, si casus eveneranl, anxilia vel consola-
conqiieruniur esse pcrpessas ? Altius censerem, si
essent aliquid de liac re mecum aperiius cnlloculoe.
Vide, fiater, aiitiqui liosiis insidias, et spirilu boni
rectoris pervigila, ut haec, quae ad nos opinione
magis, quam accusalione manifesla. delata snnl, vel
corriganiur, vcl retundantur ; ne jus ccclesiasiicum
de laliefaclatis h causas cum, qui non dcfenderit,
pracstare compellat.
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