XXII.Excommunications, Just and Unjust |
263–274 |
"A censure from the pope not to be questioned"—Pilate's treatment of the censure of Christ—Excommunication, suspension, interdict—Excommunication does not hurt the righteous—God must first excommunicate—The wicked already excommunicated from the body of the righteous.
XXIII.Suspension and the Interdict |
275–299 |
Suspension must be from God to be valid–Eli and his sons–Old Testament priests less guilty than New Testament priests–Prelates more guilty than the people if they do not warn the people–Not to reprove is to consent to sin–The interdict–Christ imposed none–Unjust to the innocent community–Reasons for the interdict on Prague–The curia's method–Boniface VIII's bull–"The customs of the fathers"–The apostles did not fulminate interdicts–Condemnation of the XLV Wyclifite Articles–The effect.
