causa — Decretum of Gratian
Causa XXVI
GRATIAN. A certain priest is convicted before the bishop of being a practitioner of sortilege and a diviner. Corrected by the bishop, he was unwilling to desist; he is excommunicated. At length, acting at the point of death, he is reconciled by a certain priest without the bishop having been consulted; penance is enjoined upon him according to the quantity of time established by the canons. (Question I.) First it is asked: who are practitioners of sortilege? (Question II.) Second, whether it is a sin to be a practitioner of sortilege? (Question III.) Third, from whom did the kind of divination take its beginning? (Question IV.) Fourth, how many kinds of divination are there? (Question V.) Fifth, are practitioners of sortilege or diviners to be excommunicated if they are unwilling to desist? (Question VI.) Sixth, can one excommunicated by a bishop be reconciled by a presbyter without the bishop having been consulted? (Question VII.) Seventh, is penance according to a quantity of time to be enjoined upon the dying?
GRATIANUS. Quidam sacerdos sortilegus esse et diuinus conuincitur apud episcopum; correctus ab episcopo noluit cessare; excommunicatur; tandem agens in extremis reconciliatur a quodam sacerdote episcopo inconsulto; indicitur penitencia sibi sub quantitate temporis canonibus prefixa. (Qu. I.) Primum queritur, qui sint sortilegi? (Qu. II.) Secundo, an sit peccatum esse sortilegum? (Qu. III.) Tertio, a quibus genus diuinationis sumpsit exordium? (Qu. IV.) Quarto, quot sint genera diuinationis? (Qu. V.) Quinto, an sortilegi uel diuini sint excommunicandi, si cessare noluerint? (Qu. VI.) Sexto, an excommunicatus ab episcopo possit reconciliari a presbitero, illo inconsulto? (Qu. VII.) Septimo, si morientibus est indicenda penitencia sub quantitate temporis?
Friedberg, col. 1019/1020