Placing an anathema -- in earlier times the curse of excommunication and death, not just a vehement curse -- upon those who damage or steal books can be traced back at least 28 centuries.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 3
The Patriarch immediately issued orders to his clergy, to see that the temporal penalties threatened in the anathema were all inflicted.— History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I.
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