On the contrary, Solemn penance signifies the expulsion of the first man from paradise. Now this was done but once. Therefore solemn penance should be imposed once only. I answer that, Solemn penance ought not to be repeated, for three reasons. First, lest frequency bring it into contempt.
Wherefore repetition is inconsistent with solemnization.
And if the sinner fall again, he is not precluded from doing penance, but a solemn penance should not be imposed on him again. Hence the comparison fails. Although, if we consider his crime, he ought to do the same penance again, yet the repeated solemnization is not becoming, for the reasons stated above. Because, when this penance is imposed on a man, he has to cut his hair off. But this becomes not a woman, according to 1 Cor.