Quote from Letter 9.25 to John, bishop of Syracuse. October 589
But because many are said to have succumed to the
disgrace of this sin through them, it is right for you to prevent all of those
who prove to be clearly guilty from sharing the body and blood of our Lord, and
to warn them more strictly in your letters to pay attention to their litanies
and prayers, and to wash away with their tears the stain of sin that they have incurred.
We leave it to your judgment as to when communion should be restored to them,
in accordance with their degree of penitence. But is is necessary for you to
consider this, that for those who are in grave danger of dying should not be
deneid their holy eucharist.
Take care besides to encourage the clergy and people
of the city of Malta to choose a priest to be consecrated bishop for them with
the favor of God, since they will not be able to be without a pastor of their
own.
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