Storia do Mogor 362.3.7

362.3.7

'Furthermore, my Lord, do me the favour of clearing up a doubt I entertain — that is, if a person who interferes in a bishop's jurisdiction is to be excommunicated, why is not the same penalty incurred by those who interfere in the jurisdiction of the Sacred Congregation? It is a point, Monsignor, that I am very desirous of having settled.' Upon hearing such just reasoning, and such a very embarrassing question, the bishop said he declined to argue. The Reverend Father Michel Ange saw that nothing would serve to convince the Lord Bishop of the injustice that his Lordship had committed in regard to us, and that no impression could be made on his mind by reasoning. He therefore, for the last time, begged Monsignor to restore Father Esprit to his previous status. We would then await a fresh decision from Rome; while, should his Lordship fear that we might hereafter stir again in the matter, he (Michel Ange) would bring all the papers we possessed and burn them in the bishop's presence.