The Open court . Procession of the Inquisition of Goa. A. The Banner. D. Criminals who, having pleaded B. Dominican friars. g-uilty, were pardoned. C. Criminals Condemned to be burned E. Crucifix turning its back upon those alive. that are condemned to be burned. F. Criminals condemned to be burned. G. Effigies of those who escape the fag- ots by having died in Grand The Last Sermon Preached to the Condemned. 232 THE OPEN COURT. monks, he writes, say mass as a cobbler makes a shoe; they come to the altarreeking from their filthy pleasures. Confession with the monks is a
The Open court . Procession of the Inquisition of Goa. A. The Banner. D. Criminals who, having pleaded B. Dominican friars. g-uilty, were pardoned. C. Criminals Condemned to be burned E. Crucifix turning its back upon those alive. that are condemned to be burned. F. Criminals condemned to be burned. G. Effigies of those who escape the fag- ots by having died in Grand The Last Sermon Preached to the Condemned. 232 THE OPEN COURT. monks, he writes, say mass as a cobbler makes a shoe; they come to the altarreeking from their filthy pleasures. Confession with the monks is a cloak to stealthe peoples money, to rob girls of their virtue, and commit other crimes too hor-rible to name. Nor was he less emphatic in writing to the Pope himself. Leteach man amend first his own wicked life, he urges. When he has done that, andwill amend his neighbor, let him put on Christian charity, which is severe enoughwhen severity is needed. If your Holiness give power to men who neither believein Christ nor care for you, but think only of their own appetites, I fear there willbe danger. We can trust your Holiness, but there are evil men who will use yourvirtues as a cloak for their own malice. The weight of the testimony is indisput-able.
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