μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Repartee concerning clerical abuses.

2 finer motifs beneath it
The abbot's luxury and the cardinal's. Cardinal rebukes abbot for living in luxury beyond that of the founder of his order. Abbot asks cardinal if the cardinals of St. Peter traveled in the luxury he doesMan calls Saints Peter and Paul fools for enduring poverty if rich abbots can reach heaven, too
Filed beside it
Repartee based on clerical ignoranceRepartee concerning clerical venality. (Cf. J1192, J1263.1.2.)Christians have a merciful God. Jew so decides when he thinks of the scandalous life of the court of RomeClergy in no need of spectacles. Many do not pray at all, many know their prayers by heart, and the great prelates look through their fingersChoosing his confessor. Ruler explains: "I want a lying priest so that if he repeats my confession he will not be believed."Confession made easy. Peasant sees priest at work in the fields. Tells him he wishes to confess. He is told to put money in the box and take the same penance as the year before

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