Abstract
In a sermon for Ash Wednesday, after general exhortations to prayer, church-going,
and almsgiving during Lent, Wulfstan discusses what is to be done with
those guilty of ‘high’ sins:And sume men syndon eac Þe nyde sculan of cyricgemanan Þas halgan tid
ascadene mid rihte weorðan for healican synnan, ealswa adam wearð of engla
gemanan Þa ða he forworðe Þa myclan myrhðe Þe he on wunode ær ðam Þe he
syngode … Leofan men, on Wodnesdæg, Þe byð caput ieiunii, bisceopas ascadað
on manegum stowan ut of cyrican for heora agenan Þearfe Þa ðe healice on
openlican synnan hy sylfe forgyltan. And eft on Ðunresdæg ær Eastran hy geinniað
into cyrican Þa ðe geornlice Þæt Lencten heora synna betað, swa swa hym man
wissað; Þonne absolutionem bisceopas ofer hy rædað [agus] for hi Þingiað [agus] mid Þam
heora synna Þurh Godes mildheortnesse myclum gelyhtað. And Þæt is Þearflic gewuna,
ac we his ne gymað swa wel swa we scoldan on ðisse Þeode, [agus] hit wære mycel Þearf Þæt
hit man georne on gewunan hæfde.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
General Arts and Humanities,History,Cultural Studies
Cited by
10 articles.
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