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public_a discipline_n fall_v to_o decay_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o nine_o age_n and_o charles_n the_o great_a summon_n several_a council_n for_o put_v thing_n into_o as_o good_a a_o order_n as_o they_o will_v then_o bear_v in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o cavaillon_n a._n d._n 813._o we_o find_v a_o complaint_n can._n 25._o that_o the_o old_a canonical_a penance_n be_v general_o disuse_v and_o neither_o the_o ancient_a order_n of_o excommunicate_v or_o absolve_v be_v observe_v which_o be_v a_o plain_a and_o ingenuous_a acknowledgement_n that_o they_o have_v go_v off_o from_o the_o ancient_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o they_o pray_v the_o emperor_n assistance_n that_o the_o public_a discipline_n may_v be_v restore_v for_o public_a offender_n and_o the_o ancient_a canon_n be_v bring_v into_o use_n again_o from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o at_o that_o time_n notorious_a offender_n escape_v with_o private_a confession_n and_o penance_n and_o even_o that_o 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have_v no_o such_o resemblance_n with_o it_o as_o to_o signify_v or_o represent_v it_o however_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n and_o trent_n have_v declare_v 3._o that_o the_o act_n of_o the_o penitent_a viz._n contrition_n confession_n and_o satisfaction_n be_v as_o the_o matter_n in_o the_o sacrament_n quasi_fw-la materia_fw-la what_o be_v this_o quasi_fw-la materia_fw-la why_o not_o be_v the_o matter_n be_v not_o true_a matter_n necessary_a to_o a_o true_a sacrament_n if_o there_o be_v none_o true_a here_o than_o this_o can_v be_v but_o quasi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o sacrament_n and_o not_o true_o and_o proper_o so_o but_o if_o it_o be_v true_a matter_n why_o be_v it_o not_o so_o declare_v but_o common_a sense_n hinder_v they_o and_o not_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o matter_n here_o and_o in_o other_o sacrament_n for_o in_o the_o definition_n of_o sacrament_n they_o be_v to_o regard_v the_o truth_n and_o not_o the_o kind_n of_o matter_n they_o be_v not_o 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