mouse quoted Legal Plunder by Daniel Lord Smail
Unlike the more charitably inclined members of the laity, moreover, the clergy never issues acts of grace that relieved their debtors of their burdens.
— Legal Plunder by Daniel Lord Smail (Page 269)
@mouse@bookwyrm.social pretty sure there's a parable that mimics this exact scenario that, you know, the clergy should have known about...