D53.08.02 age and youth, wealth and poverty, health and illness, and every rank.
D53.09.01 And if anyone does something wrong unintentionally, that is not like the one who does wrong wilfully and intentionally; and also he who is the involuntary agent of that in which he does wrong, he is always deserving of protection and the milder judgment, because he was the unwilling agent of that which he did.
D53.10.01 Let each one distinguish each deed truly before God and
before the world.
D54.01.01 These customs are observed over the sea. That is that each bishop is at his episcopal see on the Wednesday known as Ash Wednesday.
D54.01.02 Then each one of those people who are defiled with grave
sins must then come to him on that day and reveal his sins to him.
D54.02.01 And then he instructs them in penance, to each according
to the measure of the offenses.
D54.02.02 Then those who so deserve he separates from the
fellowship of the Church and nevertheless admonishes and warns then according to their own
need.
D54.02.03 and they then with his permission return to their
homes.
D54.03.01 And again on the Thursday before Easter, all congregate
at the same place and then the bishop sings over them and gives them absolution, and they return
to their homes with the bishop's blessing afterward.
D54.03.02 This is to be observed by all Christian people.
D54.04.01 And nevertheless the priest must earnestly inquire, with
what kind of compunction and with what perfection the penance has been performed that was
prescribed for him and he gives remission accordingly.
D54.05.01 If a lay person slays another without fault, he is to fast 7
years on bread and water and then 4 years as his confessor instructs him, and after those 7 years
of repentance, he is ever to repent his misdeeds diligently, to the extent that he may; for it is
unknown how acceptable his penance was to God.
D54.06.01 He who wishes to kill another and is unable to carry out
his wish fully is to fast for 3 years, 1 on bread and water and 2 years as his confessor prescribes
for him.
D54.07.01 If a lay person slays a man out of compulsion, he is to
fast
for 3 years, 1 on bread and water, and 2 as his confessor prescribes for him, and ever to repent
his
misdeeds. If it is a subdeacon (who slays another), he is to fast for 6 years; if it is a deacon, he is
to
fast for 7 years; if is a
masspriest, he is to fast for 10 years; and if a bishop, for twelve years and repent ever after.
D54.08.01 If anyone smites his child to death unintentionally, he is
to
fast for 5 years, 3 on bread and water as above.
D54.09.01 If a bishop or a masspriest slays someone, he must forfeit
his rank and repent earnestly ever after.
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