While a system of Church discipline carried out by presentments and excommunications was still, more or less effectually, in force, commutation of penance was very properly a matter for grave and careful consideration.
It only, as orthodox and unschismatic, 'was entitled to have its communions and excommunications ratified in heaven.
Count Raymond, apparently reckless of the numerous excommunications under which he lay, so far from sailing for Palestine in March, had seized Marseilles, which was in rebellion against its suzerain, the Count of Provence.
All the excommunications were removed, which put an end to the prosecutions.
Further excommunications followed, now including the count, and Prior Pons de Saint-Gilles hastened to Italy to pour the story of his woes into the sympathizing ears of the pope and the sacred college.
He was expecting a favorable termination to his negotiation with Benedict for the removal of the excommunications launched by Boniface VIII.
Excommunications were hurled, like thunderbolts, into remotest hamlets, and the murmurs of indignant Christendom were silenced by the awful denunciations of God's supposed vicegerent.
Becket retires to Sens, sad at heart and grieved that the excommunications which he had inflicted should have been removed by the Pope.
Heretofore he had rained excommunications over all the world, and his curses had come back to him without avail.
German crown were new men, and had neither any burden of crime against the Church nor previous excommunications on their head.
Excommunications were again hurled at Bruce and his bishops, and Scotland was laid under ecclesiastical interdict.
In the churches the services were exactly, or almost exactly, what they had been; but excommunications could now only be done by sanction of the bishops.
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In answer to the excommunications he forced the Cistercians in 1166, by threats of vengeance in England, to expel Thomas from Pontigny.
The excommunications had set the whole quarrel aflame again, and John of Oxford with difficulty prevented open fighting.
Fevret, writing of excommunications in the Romish Church, says that lighted torches were at times thrown on the ground, with curses and anathemas, and then trampled out while bells were rung.
There are instances of bishops excommunicating caterpillars and other insects; and Fevret gives instances of excommunications going out against rats and mice.
Both sides exchangedexcommunications and Inquisitor-general Valladares, profiting by his predecessor's experience, showed moderation.
This was couched in peremptory terms; the excommunications must be removed and, for the future, the Roman ceremonial must be observed, prescribing that in the absence of the bishop, the reverence must be made to the sacrament.
Riots and excommunications and banishments punctuated these controversies, and finally came official persecutions.
All sorts of men must have been impressed by the futility of the excommunications and interdicts that were levelled at Frederick.
Excommunications had been their arms against recusant baron and refractory count; but the Danish Northmen did not care for bell, book, and candle.
I would rather incur all theexcommunications in the world than run the risk of appearing unjust to you.
Excommunications and interdicts are no longer published as in former days, but they operate nevertheless.
He immediately sent his son into England with seven hundred ships, and slighted the menaces and excommunications of the Pope, to attain the same object for which he had formerly armed to support and execute them.
Their resentments were revived with additional bitterness; new affronts were offered to the Archbishop, which brought on new excommunications and interdicts.
Although his excommunications and interdicts might safely be laughed at, yet his presence in Rome was a hindrance to general reform of abuses, and his person was a centre for every sort of cabal.
The Pope was induced to withdraw his claim, to lend her 4,000 horsemen, and to help her by hurling excommunications against the Aragonese.
Rector of Swalecliffe presented for keeping back and not announcing excommunications "sent out of this court.
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