She was then reminded that having assaulted Paris on a holy day, having taken the horse of Monseigneur de Senlis, having thrown herself down from the tower of Beaurevoir, having consented to the death of Franquet d’Arras, and being still dressed in the costume of a man, did she not think that she must be in a state of mortal sin?  She answered to the first question about Paris:  “I do not think I was guilty of mortal sin, and if I have sinned it is to God that I would make it known, and in confession to God by the priest.”  To the second question, concerning the horse of Senlis, she answered, that she believed firmly that there was not mortal sin in this, seeing it was valued, and the Bishop had due notice of it, and at all events it was sent back to the Seigneur de la Tremouille to give it back to Monseigneur de Senlis.  The said horse was of no use to her; and, on the other hand, she did not wish to keep it because she heard that the Bishop was displeased that his horse should have been taken.  And as for the tower of Beaurevoir:  “I did it not to destroy myself, but in the hope of saving myself and of going to the aid of the good people who were in need.”  But after having done it, she had confessed her sin, and asked pardon of our Lord, and had pardon of Him.  And she allowed that it was not right to have made that leap, but that she did wrong.

The next day an important question was introduced, the only one as yet which Jeanne does not seem to have been able to answer with understanding.  On points of fact or in respect to her visions she was always quite clear, but questions concerning the Church were beyond her knowledge.  It is only indeed after some time has elapsed that we perceive why such a question was introduced.

After admonitions made to her she was required, if she had done anything contrary to the faith, to submit herself to the decision of the Church.  She replied, that her answers had all been heard and seen by clerks, and that they could say whether there was anything in them against the faith:  and that if they would point out to her where any error was, afterwards she would tell them what was said by her counsellors.  At all events if there was anything against the faith which our Lord had commanded, she would not sustain it, and would be very sorry to go against that.  Here it was shown to her that there was a Church militant and a Church triumphant, and she was asked if she knew the difference between them.  She was also required to put herself under the jurisdiction of the Church, in respect to what she had done, whether it was good or evil, but replied, “I will answer no more on this point for the present.”