Biblical Palimpsest with Inquisition Abjuration Documents

dūmō? fōti? strengthened, quārū? having decided with the help of divine aid to
And where a Calvinist or other sect This marginal note indicates where the specific "heresy" of the accused should be inserted into the legal formula. serve the holy? faith?, and to profess and teach only the Catholic faith which Holy Mother Apostolic Roman Church holds, whose head under Christ original: "Xpō," a common Greek-based abbreviation for Christ. is Paul V, by divine providence Pope; and you have sought this faith, and requested to be declared here before us.

Therefore, having attended to these worthy matters by the faculty granted to us, having seen what was to be seen and considered what was to be considered, we arrive at the sentence written below.

In the name of God, Jesus Christ, and having invoked the names of his most glorious Mother, the ever-Virgin Mary, sitting as a tribunal and having only God before our eyes, through this our definitive sentence
Between Lord H., the fiscal promoter A fiscal promoter acted as a prosecutor in ecclesiastical courts. on one side, and you, N., as the other party which we deliver in these writings by the counsel of the Reverend Lords of Sacred Theology and Doctors of Both Laws I.U.D. stands for 'Juris Utriusque Doctor', meaning a doctor of both Civil and Canon Law.. In the case and cases pending before us against you, A., a defendant who has confessed of his own accord, as stated above, we say, decree, pronounce, sentence, and declare that you, A., by your own confession, have been a heretic
Lutheran or Calvinist and therefore have incurred all censures and penalties inflicted and promulgated by the sacred canons and other general and special constitutions against such offenders. But because you have appeared before us of your own accord, and have freely confessed your previous original: "prās," an abbreviation for "praedictas" or "prævias." heresies and errors, and have sought pardon and mercy for them, we have decreed to absolve you from each and every sentence of excommunication, censures, and ecclesiastical penalties which you have thereby incurred, and to receive and reconcile you into the bosom of Holy Mother Church; provided that first, with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, you abjure, curse, and detest all the aforementioned errors and heresies which you have held and believed, together with any and all other errors and heresies against the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Roman Church—namely, that whose head under Christ is Paul V, by divine providence Pope—and concerning those things for which you are raised up, just as we command to be done by this our definitive sentence, in the manner and form to be delivered to you by us. So that you may more easily obtain pardon and mercy for your aforementioned errors and heresies from the Lord, we enjoin upon you [the following] as soul-saving penances original: "pœnitentijs salutaribus," meaning penances intended for the spiritual well-being or salvation of the penitent..

Here the soul-saving penances are to be placed, and they are imposed according to the degree of the fault and the status of the person.

And so we say, decree, pronounce, sentence, declare, ordain, and impose penance, not only in this way but also in every other better way and form by which we can and ought to by Law.

Let the one who has confessed of his own accord write with his own hand and sign his abjuration; which if [he is unable to] write...

Inquisition (the legal process of inquiry into heresy), sentence (the formal judgment), heretic (one holding beliefs contrary to Church dogma), absolution (formal release from guilt or penalty), abjuration (the formal renunciation of heresy), Pope Paul V (reigned 1605–1621), Roman Church, Fiscal Promoter (the prosecutor), penance (acts of devotion to show repentance).