(See Can. 9.)

XXII. With respect to cases of involuntary homicide,
a former decree orders that the penitent shall be ad-
mitted to Communion in seven years, passing through
the established degrees : but this second that he shall
complete a period of five years.
XXIII. In cases of wilful homicide, the penitent must
continue amongst the prostrators, and be admitted to
Communion at the close of life.
XXIV. They who use soothsaying, and follow the
customs of the Gentiles, and bring persons into their
houses for the firaming of charms, or for lustrations, are
to be subjected to the Canon of five years of penance, ac-
cording to the established degrees, i. e. three years of
prostration, and two of prayers without the oblation.
XXV. A certain man who had betrothed a virgin
corrupted her sister, who conceived a child. After this
he married his betrothed, but the one who had been
corrupted hung herself. They who were privy to this
transaction were commanded to be received amongst the
co-standers in ten years, passing through the established
degrees.
NOTES.
