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<p> To abandon a religious life, after having once been initiated into the sacred duties, was considered a crime worthy of excommunication or other severe punishment. The [[Council]] of [[Chalcedon]] (A. D. 451), the Council of Angers (A.D. 453), the first Council of Tours (A.D. 461), a Breton council (date annulled, probably about A.D. 555), the Council of Frankfort (A.D. 794), all decreed against the offence. Under Justinian's code, a cleric guilty of deserting his service was punished by being made a curialis, i.e., one charged with the burdens of the state '''''—''''' a political beast of burden. In a letter of pope [[Zacharias]] (A.D. 741-752) to king [[Pepin]] of France, he threatens any deserter with an anathema unless he repent and return. </p>

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