[_Calvin's Lat. Corresp._, Opera, tom. ix. p. 235.]
[398] See the next letter.
[399] See note 1, p. 316. The ecclesiastical ordonnances had
separated distinctly the domain of religious authority from that
of the civil jurisdiction. To the Consistory belonged the right of
private remonstrance, of public censure, and of excommunication.
When the delict was punishable by corporal chastisement or by
fine, the Consistory then referred the matter to the Council, who
pronounced sentence, and enforced the penalty.