They who practice divination, and follow the customs of the heathen, or who take men to their houses for the invention of sorceries, or for lustrations, fall under the canon of five years’ [penance], according to the prescribed degrees; that is, three years as prostrators, and two of prayer without oblation.
Any who had fallen into practicing divination or attempting to bring in those who might bless a house or family through charms and incantations were separated from full communion for a five-year period. Such a person was seen as seeking help from idols or demons rather than from the one true God who could perform above and beyond all that could be asked or thought.
Any who had fallen into practicing divination or attempting to bring in those who might bless a house or family through charms and incantations were separated from full communion for a five-year period. Such a person was seen as seeking help from idols or demons rather than from the one true God who could perform above and beyond all that could be asked or thought.
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