In a note to the 9, 000 parishioners in the middle-class neighborhood, the priests said the new method would permit privacy and reduce theft from the cash alms box, which suffered repeated nighttime burglaries.
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The leper was then led to the site of their exile, typically at the edge of the community, where they would plant the cross and alms box, and where they were to remain at all times.
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In a note to the 9, 000 parishioners in the middle-class neighborhood, the priests said the new method would permit privacy and reduce theft from the cash alms box, which suffered repeated nighttime burglaries by drifters or addicts.
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The leper then donned a costume indicating their status, generally a sackcloth robe emblazoned with an identifying mark, a bell which they were to ring on approaching anyone ( accompanied by a shouted warning of " Unclean " ), a cross, and an alms box.
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Kierkegaard spoke of immediacy this way in his sequel to " Either / Or ", " Stages on Life's Way ", " The esthetic sphere is the sphere of immediacy, the ethical the sphere of requirement ( and this requirement is so infinite that the individual always goes bankrupt ), the religious the sphere of fulfillment, but, please note, not a fulfillment such as when one fills an alms box or a sack with gold, for repentance has specifically created a boundless space, and as a consequence the religious contradiction : simultaneously to be out on 70, 000 fathoms of water and yet be joyful.
