Jeanne d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in the Original Documents
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Jeanne d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in the Original Documents
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
We did cause the said Jeanne to be brought before Us, because We judged
it profitable to shew her the points on which the Faculties of Theology
and Decrees of the University of Paris have declared that she hath erred
and fallen short; We have judged it profitable also to make known to her
the omissions, crimes and errors which, in the terms of the Resolutions
of each of these Faculties, exist on each of these same points; and
afterwards, to warn her, or cause her to be warned, to abandon these
errors and shortcomings: to correct and submit herself, in fine, to the
censure and judgment of Our Holy Mother the Church.
Maître Pierre Maurice, Canon of the Church of Rouen, a celebrated Doctor
in Theology, hath been charged by us with this mission, and he hath
fulfilled it by addressing to Jeanne the words written by him in French
in a schedule thus expressed.
[Here follows a recapitulation of the Twelve Articles, with the opinion,
adverse to Jeanne, given upon them by the Clerics consulted.]
After these assertions had been thus shewn to her, and the decision of
the University of Paris upon each of them had been made known to her,
Jeanne was admonished, in the French language, by the said Doctor Pierre
Maurice to pay great attention to the character given to her sayings and
deeds by this decision of the University of Paris. Above all he did
exhort her to reflect well on the gravity of the error contained in her
refusal to submit to the Church Militant.
And he concluded by thus speaking to her:
“Jeanne, my very dear friend, it is now time, at the end of your Trial,
to reflect well on all that has been said to you. This is the fourth
time[93] that the Lord Bishop of Beauvais, the Lord Vicar of the
Inquisition, and other Doctors who have been thereto appointed, have,
either in public or in private, in honour and reverence for God, for the
Faith, and the Law of Jesus Christ, for the tranquillity of their own
consciences and for the alleviation of so great a scandal, admonished
you with the greatest zeal—so great is their care for the salvation of
your soul and body! Four times have been made known to you the perils
which endanger your soul and body, if you do not at last consent to
correct yourself and your sayings by submitting to the Church, yourself
and your deeds, and by accepting her judgment.
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