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Book Excerpt: /p>Penance not Punishment 459Grades of Penance 462Miscellaneous Penances 463Flagellation 464Pilgrimages 465Crusades to Palestine 466Wearing Crosses 468Fines and Commutations 471Unfulfilled Penance 475Abuses.--Bribery and Extortion 477Destruction of Houses 481Arbitrary Penalties 483Imprisonment 484Troubles about the Expenses 489Treatment of Prisoners 491Comparative Frequency of Different Penalties 494Modification of Sentences 495Penitents never Pardoned, although Reprieved 496Penalties of Descendants 498Inquisitorial Excommunication 500CHAPTER XIII.--CONFISCATIONOrigin in the Roman Law 501The Church Responsible for its Introduction 502Varying Practice in Decreeing it 504Degree of Criminality Entailing it 507Question of the Dowers of Wives 509The CRead More
