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Repartee concerning clerical abuses.

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

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Filed under Repartee based on church or clergy.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Repartee based on clerical ignorance Repartee 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 Rome Repartee concerning clerical luxury Clergy in no need of spectacles. Many do not pray at all, many know their prayers by heart, and the great prelates look through their fingers Choosing 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
Filed beside it
Repartee based on levity toward sacred persons and things Repartee based on doctrinal discussions Repartee concerning clerical incontinence Repartee based on church government Repartee based on church or clergy – miscellaneous

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