Priest refuses small bribe: only for large sum will he sell himself to devil

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Priest refuses small bribe: only for large sum will he sell himself to devil.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee based on church or clergy. · view the constellation · filed as J1263.2.3

Cited in the index

general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No 547.

Within the index

Filed under Repartee concerning clerical venality. (Cf. J1192, J1263.1.2.)

Filed beside it

Price of consecration. Bishop is paid 100 ova (eggs) instead of 100 oves (sheep) for consecrating man as priest. To bishop's protests the man answers, "You should have refused to consecrate me. If I had been worthy I should not have had to promise oves or ova." Rich man shakes ducats into pope's lap. Pope says, "Who could withstand such an armored army?" and decides for the rich man

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