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INFALLIBILITY. Papal Infallibility in the Ecu- menical Council. Work of the First Council of the Vatican. Pope Pius the Ninth on July 18, Camilla’s Day. @he Schema, the Syliabus, the Bn- cyclical and Bull Lata Sententiz. Church Claims, Action and Disci- plinary Rules. INFALLIBILITY DEFINED TO CHRISTIANITY. On the sth day of Decemder—the Feast of the Tm- maculate Conception—in the year 1869, was assem- Died in Rome the first council of the Vatican, or nineteenth general council of the Roman Catholic Church, counting from the first council of Nice, and with both counci!s inclusive, The counctl of the ‘Vatican was summoned and concluded by Pope Plus ‘the Ninth, the two hundred and dfty ™ = succession from St. Peter, the chronology of the Papal records. The first council (first of Nice) was convoked to refute Arius, the first of the Vatican, for the declaration of Papal infallibility and = the adoption of rules of genera! e fastical and con- grevational discipline. Infatlibility has been voted ‘and proclaimed as a dosmaof the Church in Rome, Sunday, the 17th of July, the anniversary of the Seast of St. Alexius, the Confessor, and the sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Prayer was offered up, and on Monday, July 18, the dogma was duly pro- claimed. The day on which the Council opened the HERALD published a complete history of the Catho- Me Church, of its Councils and Popes. To-day we print an exposition of the dogma of infallubility— what it is, its scope and probable effects, FALLIBILiTY. The Schema Approved in the Vatican—Pope Pins the Ninth and His Successors as of Peter a “Living and Infallible Authority.” Our telegrams from Rome, dated in the Holy City and forwarded through the Atlantic cable, report the following highly important proceedings of the Ecumenical Council, as having been taken prepara- tory to the dissolution of the assemblage. PAPAL INFALLIBILITY. {Translated from the Latin original express!y for the HERALD. | FOR THE INFALLIMILITY OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF LOGICALLY AND CLEARLY DEFINED FROM PRINCI- PLYS NOW RECEIVED BY THE UNIVERSAL OHURCE. First—Vo the same chapter that relates to the Roman Poututt the following or lke things may be added, should tt be deemed proper, to the statement of errors against bis primacy which are at the very ‘outset condemned: 1. Above all we venture to reprobate the temerity of those who may ven! preme decisions of the High Pouwut vo the E eal Council. 2. In the next place we utterly condemn the per- Verse cavilitngs of those who may dare to say that a certain external acquiescence, but not the internal assent of heurt and mind, is to be yielded to the de- | c.sluns of the Roman Ponti. %. We do tovally censure the method of talking and teaching pursued by those who, some foolhardy and preposterous «iivision having been contrived be- tween the Assemblage of Bishops and the High Pon- ‘o which of them 1s to be con- and separa * the bead from tue body—Peter from the Church—as though the convocations of by ter also cor ands to be confirmed in his pe cut of from Him whose ver fall aWay from the promise of Christ, or that it coud be lawful for those who are to 00 aght ana confirmed by Peter to teach and contirm agar 4, deserving of reprobation the sentiments d of those who, in order Mut the errors ¢ d by the Roman Poatt | may be the more fr diffused among the multt- tude, do not fear to assert that the true meaning of the Books trom which this kind of condemned pro- | positions are extracted have not been correctly ua- derstood by the Ponts. All of waich things are illustrated and confirmed follows :— nd that such is its sentiment the episco pacy of nearly the ¢ Catholle world, very re- cently assembled at Rome, very brilliantly made manifest, when they addressed the Supreme Poutit, now happily reignlug, m these most explicit and words :— 1, * For never has thy voice been silent. Thou | art the witness of thy Supreme ministry to announce eterual truths ; tocleave asunder with the sword of thlne apostolic eloquence the errors of the age that threaten to subvert the natural and supernatural order of things, and the very foundation of ecciesias- teal and civil power; to dispel the misty darkness disused over ihe minds of men by the depravity of novel doctrines, and fearlessly to announce, set forth and recommend those things which are neces- sary and salutary to the stugle individual and to the Christian family alike, so that one and all may comprehend what the Catholic man as called upon to hold, observe and profess. For Which transcendent solicitnde we render to tay Holiness the highest thanks and are heid in eternal bonis of gratitude; and believing that Peter has spoken by tue movth of Pius those things which are declared, confirmed and put forth by thee aga trust to be matmtained and guarded, we do likewise de- clare, atirm and aunounce them, aad do, with one Voice and one intent, reject ali tose things hostile Yo the divine faith, tne saiety of souls and the good of human society tiself, which thou aiso hast ad- jndged to be deserving of condemnation and rejec- tion, 2. For living and infallible authority lives In that Church alone which, bulit by Christ the Lord upon | r, the head of the whole Church, its Prince 1d Sheptes hose faita, he promised, shall never fail away—always hath its !egitimate Pontilfs, de- riving their vvigin, without intermission, from Peter himself, placed in his chair, and the heirs ana de- fenders 01 his doctrine, his dignity, bia glory and bis power. And as where Peter 18 there the ©ouren 19 also (2, and as Peter speaks through the Roman Vonthit (3) and ever Lives and exercises judgment in his suocessors (4) aad makes maniiest the truth of the taith to all Who seek It (5); therefore tne divine utrerauces are to be taken simply in that gense which is aud was held by the Roman Chair of the most Blessed Peter, which, Mother and Mistre: ofall the Ohurches, has ever preserved the faith transmitted by Obrist (he Lord who.e and mviolate and bas taught it falthfulty, pointing out to all the path of safely and the doctrine of incorrupted trath.”? (7) Firat--Responsio. Episcoporum ad Ss. locotionem, in solemn Saec. Martyrit . Pe Panil, die 1. Tuli, 1567; cui Respousion: subseripser- unt quingeati fere Episcopl. Second—S, Ambrostus in Ps. XL. Third—Concil. Chatced, Act I. Fourth—Synodus Epes. Act IL. Piyh—S. Petrus Obrysol in Epist. ad Butych. irl onc. frid. Sess. VII. de Bapt. Sevonth—SS. D. N. Edisvola Bacycl. # Novem. 1846, ® Concilio Baltimoresst Plenario UH. relata, in Decreto de Hierarchia, Cap. U., p. 42, 43. ‘Yhe following 1s the Syllabus, on which infallt- bility 18 founded, issued by his Holiness the Pope, im connection with the Encyclical in 1864. The document has been specially translated for the HERALD:— SYLLABUS EMBRACING THE PRINCIPAT, ERRORS OP OUR TIME WHICH HAVE BEEN CENSURED IN CON- BISTORIAL ALLOCUTIONS, ENCYCLICALS AND OTHER APOSTOLIC LETTERS OF OUR MOST HOLY FATHER, POPH PIUS IX. PANTHEISM, NATURALISM AND ABSOLUTE RATION: ALISM. First—There exists no supreme all-wise and all- provident divine Being distinct from this universe, for God is the same as nature, and consequently 18 liable to changes. God, tn truth, exists both in man and in the world, for all things are God and have the very substance of God; and a8 God is one and the same thing with the universe spirit is identical with matter, necessity with liberty, truth with faise- hood, good with evil and justice with injustice, Second—AN action of upon mankind and the ‘world must be denied. Third—Human reason, without having any regard ‘whatever to the Dity, is the sole judge of truth and falsehood, of good and evil; it 13 a law for itseif and 38 suflic.ent by iis own natural strength $0 provide for the good of men and nations. Fourih—Al\ the tratus of religion spring from tne natural power of human reason; hence reason 1s the chief rule whereby men can and ought to obtain a koowledge of all truths of whasever kind. #Jth—Divine revelation is imperfect, and conse- quently subject to constant and indeiinite progress, correspondibg to the vrpgiess made by human TOABV, er, and may thus seek to distract | thren, | Stxth—Tho faith of Christ is opposed to human reason, and divine revefition is not only of no ad- vantage, but ts even injurious to the perfection of the human race, Seventh—The rophecles and miracles recorded and narrated f & ripture are but poetical fictions, and the inysteries of the Christion religion are the result of philosophical investigations; im the books of both Testaments there are to be found fabulous statements, and Jesus Crist hinself is but @ myth. MODERATE RATIONALISM. Kighth—Since human reason stands as high as re- ligion, questions in theology should be treated of in Lhe same manner as those Of piillosophy. Nowh-—~As the dozmas of Oiiristianity without anv exceptions are the object of nataral selence or phil- enon, and human reason with no otuer than @ lis- torical cultivation bs capeile by its own natural strength and principles of arriving at a knowlelge of even the more abstruse dogmas, provided only these dogmas have been proposed to the reason it- self as its object. nth—Since the philosopher is one thing and philosophy another, the former has the right aud daty of submitting hinself to that authority which he may have approved of as true, but philosophy — can nor ought to submit herself w any au- nority, Eleventh—The Church should not only never ant- madvert upon but should tolerate the errors of phil cnaphy. and should leave Wt in her hands to vorrect persell. TweYth—The decrees of the apostolic see and Ro- man congregations interfere with the free progress of seience, Thirleent®—The method and principles whereby the ancient scholastic doctors cultivated theology are unsuited to the necessities of our ime and the Progress of the sciences, . Fourteenth—Philogophy should be treated without any regard to supernatural revelation, Norr.—To the system of rationaliam belong most of the errors of Anthony Guuther, which have been condemned in ihe epistie to the Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne, “Ex. finiam tans” June 16, 1897, and in that to. the Bishop of Breslaw, “Dolore haud mediocre,” April 40, 1660, INDIFFERENTISM, LATITUDINARIANISM, Fifieenth—Every man ts iree to embrace and pro- fess that religion which, led by the light of reason, he may have thought true, Strwen't—Mon uvay, in the practice of any rell- gion, find the path of eternal salvation and ‘attain eternal happiness, Seventecnth—At least good hopes ought to be en- tortained of the salvation of those who in no respect ive in the true Church. Kighteenth—Protestantism 18 only & different form of the same teue Christian religion, and in it God may pe pleased equally as much as in the Cathoitc Shurch. SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, SECRET SOCIETIRS, SOCIETIES, CLERICO-LIBERAL SOCIETIES. Evils of this kind have been frequently condemne1, and in tie most severe terms, In fire Encyclical “Qui Pinribus,’’ November 9 1546; in the Aliocution “Quibus Quantisque,” April 20, 1849; the Encyclical ‘Noscitis et Nobiscum,” December 8, 149; the Allo- ention ogulart Quadam,” December 9, 1354, and beg ical “Quanto Conficiamar Dolore,” August ERRORS CONCERNING THE CHURCH AND HER RIGHTS. Nineveent—Tie Church is not a true and periect society, absolutely free, nor does she enjoy peculiar and permanent rigits ‘conferred upon her by her divine founder, but to the civil power it belongs to define what are the Churen's righis and what the limits within which she imay have power to exercise nem, Twentieth—The ecclesiastical power should not exercise 118 authority without the permission and assent of the civil government. TwentyMi'st-—VN urch has not the power .of dogmatically detining that the religton of the Catho- lic Chureh 18 the only true religion, Twenty-second—The submission absolutely binding Catholic teachers and writers 18 limited to those things only which have been declared by the Church's infallible judgment dogmas of faith, to be beheved by all, Twenty-tard—Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have gone beyond the |imits of their power, usurped the rights of princes, and even erred in de- fending matters of faith and morals. Tiwenty-fourth—The Church has not the power of employing force, nor does she possess any temporal power, direct or indirect. Twenty-Ath—Besides the power inherent to the episcopate, another power has been granted to it by the civil government, either expressly or tacitly, and consequently, be recalled by the civil power at ils pleasure. ‘wenty- sizth—The Church has no inborn and legit- imate right of acquiring and possessing, Ticenty-seventh—The sacred Ministers of the Chareh and the Roman Poatiff shouid be entirely shut out from all care of and dominion over tempo- ral things. Twenty-eignth—Bishops ought not to publish even. Apostollcal letters without permnssion of the goveri- ment. Twenty-ntiuth—Vavors granted by the Roman Pon- tif and uns: Tarough the officials of govern- ment should be deemed null and void. Thirtieth—The smimunity of the Church and eccle- slasties takes its origin trom the civil law. 7 ul foram for the trial 3 criminal should be en- ed, ‘nm without consulting the Holy aint its protes Vitvout any violation of natural BIBLE n We burden of undergoing y duty may be abrogated, by the progress of © formed upon the model of Thirty: smes not solely under ecclesias- tical jurisdiction by a pecul i natural right to diveck the teacniags of tnsoi0 thirty-rourth—The doctrine of those who compare the Roman Ponti to a ruler, independent and act- ing apon the Universal Church, 18 a doctrine that revailed Only in the middle aces. YAS re is nothtug to prohibit the su- preme pontiticate neing transferred irom the Roman bishop and city to some other bishop and some otier | State, either by the decree of & generat council Or bY the aev of all th tons. Thirtpicth— the definition of # national council admits of uo fartt spite, and the civil power angements ou this under- arches withdrawn and Thirty-cighti—The too arvitrary conduct of Roman | Pontufs contribsted to tue Church's division ino a rh and Western, NSIDERED TO THE BOTH CHURCH. Thirty-ninth—The State, as being the origin and founiain of ali rights, possesses a right of ils own, | eireuimserived by no 1ailts. Fortieth—Tue teachiags of the Catholic Church are af Variance WiUi the well-being and interesis of society. Forty-pirst—Che civil power, even when in the hands of # non-Catholic ruier, has an indirect nega- wuthority over thlogs sacred; consequeatiy t* possesses not only the right called exzquatur, but that right also known as appel comme d'abus. Forty-second—1n case ol a confics betwixt the |, the civil takes the pre- | the right to rescind, | declare mull nt Inst 1s protest, Forty-fourth—Vhe civil authority may rake eogni- zance of mutters appertaiuiug to religion, morals aud spiritual government. Hence it may pass judg- ment on Ubose instructions whica the pastors of the | Church, in discharge of their duty, issue for the guidance of consciences, and even it may de- termine concernmiag the alminisiration of the holy sacraments and the d tions necessary for re- ceiving them. Forty-ifin—The whole government of public schools in which the children of any Chriatian State are educated—Episeopal seminaries only being in some degree excepted—may and ougit to be given up to the civil power, and given up in such sort that no right of mterfereace by any other authority be | recognized ua to the management of the schools, the | regulation of the studies, the ¢ ring of degrees | and t © appprobation © achers. Forty-strtly jestastical seminaries the method of studies to be adopted is subject to the de- clston of the State. Forty-seventh—The best constitution of clyil 80 ciety hat popular schools which are open to the of every class, and public institutions in general which are devoted to teaching iteratare ant science and providing for the education of youth, should be withdrawn from all authority of | ye Church and from alt her directing influence and interference, and subjected to the complete control | of the civil and political authority, 80 as to accord with the ideas of the riers of the State and the standard of opinions commonly adopted by the age. Forty-ighth—Catnolics may approve of that method of instructing youth which, while putting aside the Catholic fatth and the Church’s authority, looks exclusively, or at Jeast chiefy, to the know- jedge of natural things and te ends of worldly octal life, Forty-ninth—-The civil power has the right of pre- venting bishops and the faithful from holding free and miutnal communication with the Roman Ponti, Fiftieth—The civil authority has of itself the right of presenting bishops, and can require of them to enter upon the care of their dioceses before receiving canonical appoiwunent and apostolicalletters frou the Holy Se #ifty-first—The State has also the right of deposing bishops from the exercise of their pastoral charge, and 13 not bound to obey the Roman Pontiff in those things which regard the esiablishment of bishopric’ and the appointinent of oishops. FUty-second—Government tay, in its own right, chauge the age preseribed by the Cuurci for the re- ligious profession of men and women, and may require Of religious orders that none be admitted to take solema vows Wilhout its permission. Fifty-turd—Vhe laws securing te statas of relt- gious orders, and the exercise of their rights and duties, should bo abolished; the State even should proffer help to ail those who Wish to withdraw irom tie religious life they have entered upou, and to break their solemn yows; and in like manner the Staie has power to suppress reilgious orders, col- legiate churches and simpie benetices. even saci as are under the right of a patron, and at its pleasure seize upon their goods and revenues, subjecitag them to the public service. Fif'y-jourth—Kings and princes are not only out- aide the Church's jurisaicuon, but take precedeace of the Churci in determining disputes tuat have erence to jurisdiction. Fisiy- ih The Church should be separated from the State, and the Siate from the Church. BRRORS CONCERNING NATURAL AND ETHICS. CHRISTIAN Pify-etati-~The laws of mporality need po diyine sanction, and tt ts not at all that human Jawa shoud be made ormsnie o the aw of nature or receive !her binding fore: (rom (od, biyfty-seventit—Philogopaic 1 and = moral 8-1 A and State laws Lkewise, may aud should withd av themselves from the jurisaiction of divine aad e-cle- slasticat outnority, PYty-eighth—No other power shoutd be recognized Dut maverla: force, aud all moral discipias at vir- tue 8 ou'd have for its end tha a cumuiatiog at augmonting wexlth in every Way possivle, aud sat.- ating Ue desire of please. kiny-ntath—Rucht consists in the material facts all Suleapuns on men are ap enpty uame, and human fa:e3 acquire bag force of rigat Sixtieth—Authority is nothing more than numert- Ca! power and mat 'rial 1locce, Sxiy-frst—The injustive of a successful deed takes ‘Dot from it the sanciity of right, Siziy-second—The principle of non-intervention, a3 it is called, should be proclaimed and aduere | to. Sizty-third—|t 13 luwiul to refuse ob-di nce to legitimate princes aud even to rise im revellion against tue.a, StatyJvurih—The violation of the most sacred oath or the perpetriuon of any w.cked and atrocl ts deed shouid not on‘y not b» ovndennes, but 6100 a ‘> considered every Way law: ul and deserving of the highest prai e whend ine jor the love of count y. ERRORS CONVERNING CHRISTIAN MATRIMONY, Siciy-JUN—ln no way can it be conceded that pitta falsed matriiuony to the dignity 0; @ sacra ment ‘Sicty-sixth—The sacrament of marriage is only an gecessory to the contract, and 38 divisible ‘rom it, bens ‘sacrameut @Xis.8 simply im the nuptial bea- on. Sicly-seventn—The bond of matrimony 18 not indis- soluble by the nacural law, and divorce. In thea rict meuning of the word, way, 1B various cages, be s4ac- Wouet py the civil authority, Slaly-eignth—The Uburcit has not the power of enacting divimens impedi nents to marriage, such Power betonging to the Stuie, by whose auihoruy existing Lopediimeits 01 that kind may be reuoved, Slety-ninth—tt was in later ages the Church bezap to enact diriment impediments, not in her own right, but by that right which sue had borrowed from the stat. Seventieth—The canons of the Council of Trent Which pass the censure of ana'hema oa those who dare to deny the Church 8 power ol enacting dirl- ment impe liments are echor not dog:matical ov must be understood to reier to this borrowed ower. Seventy-j's'—The form ordumed by the Council of Trent does not bind under penaliy of nu iity wien ever the State may have prescibed another form, and may Wish that marriage unier tis Lew form shoutd be deemed va'id. Seventy-second—Bouttace VIII. was the first to asscrt that the vow of chastity taken in ordmauou anouls marriage, Seventy-third—By virtue of @ purely civt! contract, Marriage, truly so called, may exist umong Curis- taus; and it Is false that eltver the comtract of war. riage awong Chrisiians ly always a racrament or tial there 13 no coutract if the sacrament be ex- cluded, Seventy-fourh—Matrimonial causes and espousals belong, of their own nature, to the civil utbunal. N.E.—-Under this head may be classed two other errors— on abolishiog the celivacy of the clergy and preverring the state of marriace to that of virglaity. Theas demned, the former In the encyclical “Qui Plu ber 9, 1846, and the latter in the apostolic letter, Inter,” June 10, 1eb1. ERRORS CONCERNING THE ROMAN PONTIFF'S CIVIL PRINCEDOM. Seventy Nfh—Children of the Christian and Catho- lic Church are disuatied ainong themselves as to the Ct inal of the temporal with the spiritual rule. Seventy-sxrth—The avolition of the t»mporal power Which the Apostolic See possesses would conduce ba Much to the ilberty and prosperity of the Shur’ a. N. B.—Besides these errors explicitly condemned there are many others implicitly censured while laying down and as- serting the doctrine to Which all Cathoiics should adhere with ‘the most unshaken constancy regarding the Roman Pontill’s civil princedom. ‘This doc ia clearly enunciated in the allocution “Quibus Quanteaque,”” April 20, 1849; in the aliocu- Hon “St Semper Anfes.” May 26, 186); 1n the Apostoite letter “Gum Catholica Ecclesia,” March 26, 186); in the allocution “Novos,” September 28, 1°60; in the allocution “Jamdudum,” Maren is, 2-61, and in the allocution “Maxima Quidem,” June ERRORS WHICH HAVE REFERENCE TO THE LIBERAL- 18M OF THE DAY. Seventy-seventh—It is no longer expedient in this our age that the Cathollo religion shouid be consid- ered as the oaly religion of the State, to the excla- sion Oo: all other forms of worship, Seventy-cighth—Hence in some Catholle countries @ praiseworthy provision has been inade by law, that imunigrants to those countries should be periptited the public exercise of their several forms of worship. Seventy-nin(i—It is utterly false that etvil liberty to all forms of worship and full license to every oue to opealy declare his opimions or thoughts tends to corrupt more easily the morals and minds of paseo of and to scatter avroad the plague of indiffer- entisin. Lightieth—The Roman Ponti? can and onght to reconcile himself and ve in harmony with progress, liberauism and modern civil! on. nT NCWOCLICAL, As the Popr’s Encyclical Letter and the Catalogue of Errors appended to it are now matters of interest, we republish both documents. The following 1s the Encyclical Letter as it appeared December 28, 1864: TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN, ALL THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS, IN CO MUNION WITH THE APOSfOLIC Sze, we, Prvs IX. POPE, SEND GREBTING AND OUR APOSTOLIC BLE3S- ING. You know, venerable brethren, wit) wnat care and What pastoral vigilance the Roman Pontus, our pre- deces‘ors, nllling the charge entrasted to them by our Lord Jesus Crist himself in the person of the blessed Peter, chief of the Aposties, have unfail- ingly observed their duty in providing for the sheep and the lambs, in assidnously nourishing the flock of the Lord with the words of faith, in imbuing them with aaiutary doctrine, and in turning them away from poisoned pasture: All this is Known to you and you have appreciate. it; and ceriaily our pre- deccksors, in affirming and in vindicating the august Catholic faith, truth and jnstice, were never ani- mated tn their care for the saivation o: souls by @ | more earnest desire than that of extinguishing and condemning by their letters and thelr constitutions all the by les aud errors Which, as enemies of our divine faitp, of the doctrine of the Catholic Church, of the purity of morais, and of the eternal salvation of man, have frequently exctted serious storms and precipitated civil and Christian society into the most depiorable misfortuues. For this Teason or predecessors have opposed them- selves with vigorous energy to the crimi- nal enterprises of those wicked men, who, spreading their distarbing opinions like the Waves of a raging sea, and promising liberty when they are slaves to corrupiton, endeavor by their pernicious writings to overturn the foundations of the Olirisitan Catholic religion and of civil society; to destroy ail virtue and justice; to deprave all ‘minds and hearis; to turn away simple m.nds, and especially those of 'in- experieuced youth, from the healthy discipline of morals; to corrapt it miserably; to draw it into the meshes of error, and, finally, to tear it from the bosum of the Catholic Church, But, a8 you are aware, venerable brethren, we had searccly been raised to the chair of St. Peter, above our merits, by the mysterious design of Divine Pro. vidence, when, seciug With the most profound grief of our soul the horribie storm exctted by evil doc- trmes aud the very grave and deplorable injury caused spectaliy by 80 many errors to Christian peopie, in accordance with the duty of our apostolic munistiy, and following im the glorious foot steps of our predecessors, we ralsed our voice, and by the pubitcation of several En- eyclicals, Consistorial Le: Aliocutions, and other Apostolical Letters, v have condemned the principal errors of our sad age, reanlmatea your utmost episcopal vigilance, warned and exhorted upon Various occasions all’ our dear children i the Catholic Church to repel and absolutely avoid the contagion of so horrible a plague. More especially in our first Encyclical of the 9th of November, 1844, addressed to you, and ta our two Allocutions of ths 9th of December, 1854, und of the 9th of June, 1882, to the Consistories, we condemned the monstrous options which particularly predominate in tho pre- sent day to the great prejudice of souls and to the detriment of civil society —doctrines whieh not only thack the Catholic Church, her salutary instruccions and her venerable rights, bat aiso the natural unal- terable law inscribed by God upon the heart of man, that of Sound reason. But, although we have not hitherto omitted to pro- scribe and reprove the principal errors of this kind, yet the e Catholic Ohurch, the safety of » been confided to us, and the Well being of human society itself, absolutely de- mand that we should again exercise our pastoral solicitude to destroy new opinions, which spring out of th same errors ag from 80 many soure Thee false and perverse opinions are the more detestable, as they especially tend to shackle and turn aside the salutary force that the Catholic Church, by the ex- ample of her Divine Anthor and tis order, ought freely to exercise untiithe end of time, not only with regard to each imdividaal man, but with regard to nations, peoples and their rolers, and to destroy that agreement and concord between the priesthood and the government which have always existed for the happloess and security of religious and civil so- ciety; for, as you are well aware, venerable breth- ren, there are & great Humber of men in the present day who, applying to civil society the impious and absurd principle of naturalism, a it 1s called, dare to teach that the perfect right of public society anc civil progresg absolutely require a conattion of human soctety constituted and governed without rations of religion, as if it had stence, or, at least, without macing any dis- tinction between true religion and heresy, And, contrary to the teaching of tho Holy Scripiures, of the Church and of the Fathers, they do not hesitate to affirm “that the best condition of society is taat in which the power of the laity is not compeded to inflict the penalties of law upon violators of the Catholic reigion unless required by the considerations of public safety.” Actuated by an idea of social government so absoiutely false they do not hesitate further to ropagate Lie erroueods opin- fon, very hurtful to the safety of the Catholuc Church, and of sonis, and termed “deliriuin” by our predeces- sor, Gregory XVL, of excelieat :aemory—viz., L.berty of conscience and of worship is the right of every man—a right which ought to be proclaimed and e3- tablished by law in every well constituted State, and that cltzeus dre cntitied to make Known aad de. clare, With a liberty which nelther the ecclesiasitcal hor tue civil authority can Iinit, their couviedons, of whatever kind, eituer by word o: mouth or through the press, or by other meaus. But, in making (hese rash a-serdons, they do vot refloct, (hey ao not con- sider that they preach the iiverty of perdi ton (St. Augustine, Lpisile 106, a) 166), gud that “Lb at 1s al | ways tree to hnman conviction to discnas, men will never be wa.t ng who dare to strugie againgt the truth, and to rely upon the loquacit/ ol human wis- dow, when we know bythe ex.mple of Our Lord desas Ohr at how fy th and Chistian sagacity onght to avoid this very eunnng ‘auity.’? (st. Leon, Epitie 104. a}, 133. Bc. 2, Boll. e1.) Sin 180, rel.g.ou bas banished from civil gems eats; slie tue doctrine and authority of 1v ne revelation have been repudiated. tue ide} in- lima ely onnest dtherewith of jusiice aud human Tight 14 obscured by darkne 8 and .o3t aight ol, and, in place of true justice and Jezttim ite right, brute forc: 18 substiiuted, which has permitted some en- tely obl-ious Of the platiest prinvipies of souud reason to dae to prociaim ‘that ihe will of tie People, Mauesied by what is called punlic opinion, yy other means, cousitutes a supreme law, maperior coal Divine aod haman rignt, and that fact of ther having been accomplished, have tae force of jaw.” But who des not per cctly see and undersiand (nat hunan soctety, released from the ‘es of relig.on and tras justice, can have no furtuer Onject tian to amas riches, and cau follow no other law in ts actions thin the tnaomitable wickedness of a lve t given up to pleasure aod interest? For thts reason also these same men persecute wWitn so relentiess a hatred the reitzious orders whic: have deserved 80 well of religion, civil #0- ciety and letters; they loudly declare tua! the orders have no rigbt t exist, aud in go Goi Make com- mion cause with the falsehoods of the hevetica; for, as taught by our pred cessur of ilusirious mem ory, Pius V1, “the abvliuon of relig.ous houses in- Aves. tae state of pubic ;rofession and ts contrar, tue counsels of the Gospel, injures a mode of fe Tecoumended vy the Churen and in conformity with the apostslcal doctrine, does wrong w the cele- brated fouaders Whom We venerate upon the altar and who con tituted these sucieties under the inspi- rauon of God.” gpistie to Gariinal de ts - fouca..11, March 19 1791.) ln thelr impiety the same ersous pretend that clizens aad the Chuce. should deprived of tie opportunity of “openly recerving aims ron Chrisuan charity,” and that the law tor- bidding “servile Lapor on account of divine Worship” upon ceriain fixed days should be ab.ogated, uyon ine fullav ous pretext thal this opportunity and this Jaw are contary to the principles of poutical economy. Not content with eradiciting religion iruin public go.ueties, they desire, fartier, to baush it (ro.u families au.t private life, Teaching and fess.ng the-e mos: fatal e:rois of Sociaiism and Cor munisin, tuey declare that “domestic society or the eutire family derives ivs mgt of existence solely frou. civillaw, whence 16 is io be concinled tiat from civil law descends ail the rights of parents over tueir ctuldrea, aud, above ail, the rizht of instrucung and educating them.” By such iinplous opinious and ™ chinations dv these faise spiriia endeavor to eli- Mminate tie sa.utary teacuing and indueuce of the Catholic Church irom. tue instruction and education of youta, and to imiect and miserably deprave by thelr pernivious errors and their vices the tender and pilint mtuds of youth, All tose who endeavor to rouble sa-red aud public thiags .o destroy the goud order of society and to anniniate ail divme and human rights have always concentred thei crimt- nal schemes, attenuen and elforts upon the man- ner in which they migut, above ali, deprave and de- Jude nutainking youth, a3 we have already shown, Itis upon ihe corruption of youth that they place all tier hopes, ‘Thus they never cease to attack the clergy, .romn whom have descended to us in 30 au- thence a manner the most certain records of his- tory, aud by whom such considerable beuedt has been bestowed in abundance upon Cansuan and cil society and upon leters, They assail them tn every shape, going xo tar ad to suy of tue clergy in general “that, being the enemies of the usesul sci- ences, of pengross and of civilization, they ought wo be deprived of the charge of instracting and edu- cating youth.” Others, taking up wicked errors miny times condemned, presume, with notorious lunpudence, to submit the authority of the Church ant of this Apostolic See, conferred upon it by God himself, to tue judgment of civil authority, and to deny all the rights ot this same Churei andtnis See with regard to exterior order. They not blush to afirm that the jaws of the Church do not bind the couscience if they are not promul- gated by the civil power; that the acts und decrees of the Roman Pontiffs converiing religion and tie Church require the sanction sad approoation, or, at least, the assent of the civil power; and that the apostolic constitutions condemning secret societies, ‘Whether these exact or do not exact an oati of se- crecy, and branding with anatuema their secretaries and promoters, have no force in those regions of the world where these associations are tolevated by the civil government, Itis likewise affirmed “that the excommunications lagucued by the Couccil of Trent and the Roman Pontulls against those who invade tue possessions of the Church and usurp iis rights seek, in confounding the spiritual and temporal orders, to attain solely @ terresirial object; that the Chareh can decide nothing which may bind the consciences of the faithful in a temporal order of things; that the Jaw of the Charch does not demana that viola- tions of sacred Jaws should be puaished by temporal penulties; and that it 13 in accordance with sacred tneology and the principles of public law to claim for the civil government the property possessed by the churches, the religions orders, and other p.ous establisnments.”” And they have no siame in avowing openly and publicly tie thesis, the prin- ciple of heretics from whom ‘e:anated 80 many er- rors and perverse opinions, They say ‘that the ec- clesfastical power is not of right divine, distinct and independent from tbe civil power, and that no distinction, noindependence of this kind caa be mmaintained without the Chureli invading and usarp- ing the essential rights of the civil power.” Neither can we pass over 10 silen hy y of th who, insulting sound docti judgments and decrees of the Holy Sze, whose ob- ject 1s declared to concern the general welfare of the Cnurch, its rights and its discipline, do not claim the acquiescence and obedience under pain of sin and loss of the Catuolic profession if they do not treat of the aogmas of fai'h and manners ” How contrary is this doctrine to the Catholic dozina of the fall power divinely given to the Sovereign Pontiff by our Lord Jesus Ohrist to guide, to supervise and govern the Universal Church no one can {atl to see and understand clearly and evidently. Amid so great @ perversity of depraved opinions we, remembering our apostolic duty, and solicitous, before all things, for our most holy religion, for sound doctrine, for the salvation of the souls confided to us, and for the welfare of human society itsell, have considered the moment opporiune to raise anew our apostolic voice; and, therefore. do we condemn and nape gene- rally and particularly all the evil opinions and doc- trines specially mentioned in this letter, and we Wish that tiey may be heid as rebuked, proscribed and condemned by all the cnildren of the Catnolic Cheven, But you know farther, venerable brothers, that in our tiwe imsulters of every truth and or all justice and violent enemies of our reiugion have spread abroad other impious doctrines by means of pestilent books, pamphlets aud journals, which, dis- Iributed over the surface of the earth, deceive tie people and wickedly lie, You are not ignorant that in ouf day men are found who, animated aud exciied by the spirit of sutan, have airived at that excess of impiety as not to jear to deny our Lord and Master Jesus Christ and to attack his divinity wita scandal- ous persistence. We cannot abstain from awarding you well merited eulogies, venerable brothers, for all the care and zeal with which you have raised your episcopal voice against so great an impiety, In the present letter, therelore, we speak to you with all our heart: to you who, called to partake our cares, are our greatest supportin the midst of our very great grief, oar joy and our consolation by reason of the excellent piety which you evince in maintaining the retigion, and the marve!lous love, faith and discliptne with whi united by the strongest and most affectionate tles tous and this Apostolic See, you strive to valiantly and accurately fuifll your grave episcopal ministry. We onght, then, ‘to expect from your excellent pastoral zeal that, tuking the sword of the Spirit—that Is to say, the Word of God—and — strengthened by the grace of our Lord- Jesus Cheist, you will watch with redoubled ¢are fui committed to your charge “abstain (rom evil pas- turage, Which Jesus Christ does aot cuitivate, be- cause it Was not sown by His Father.” (St. Ignac. Mad. Philadeph. St. Lent Epist., 156 al. 126.) Never cease, then, wv meulcate in the faithful that all trae felicity proceeds, for the men of our august reit- gion, from doctrine aud practice, and that that peo- ho have the Lord with them (psaim 143). ‘Teach “that kingdoms rest upon the founda- tion of the faith (st. Celest Lett, 22 au Syn, a’Epiph), anc Chat nothing ty 80 mortal, $0 prompt to engen- der every iil, $0 exposed to anger tor those wno think that it can aione suMice, as the free will which we received at birth, if we ask oothtng tursher from the Lord—that is to’ say, if, forgetting our Author, we abjure His power to snow that we are free.” And do not oinit to teach “that the royal power has been established not only to exercise the government of the world, but, above all, for the protection of the Church (St. Lent.’ Epist., 156 al 125), and that there 1s nothing more profit. able and more glorious for the sovereigas of States and kings than to leave the Catholic Church to exercise its laws, und not to permit aay to attack its Liberty; &3 our most wise and courageous prede- cessor, St. Felix, wrote to the Emperor Zenon:—"It 1s certain that it 1s advantageous for sovereigns, whea the cause of God 1s in quesiion, to submit their royal will according to the established rules to the priests of Jesus Const, and not to impose their will upon them.’’—(Pias VIL’s Epist., Encycl. Diu, Sats, 15th of May, 1800). It is always, but espectaliy ab present, your duty, venerable brothers, in the midst of the numerous calamities of the Church and of civil society, in view of the terrible conspiracy of our adversaries against the Catholic Church and our Apostolic See, and the great accumulation of errors; it is your duty, I say, before all, to go with faith to the ‘Throne of Grace to obtain mercy and find fitting succor. We have, therefore, judged the moment to have come to excite the piety of all the faithful, in order that with us and with you all they may pray without ceasing to the Father, supplicating and besceching him fervently and hambly for instruction and mercy, in order also that in the plentiiude of their faith they may seek refuge in our Lord Jesus Christ, who tas re- deemed us with His divine blood, that by their mul- tiphed eiforts they may obtain from that burning heart, victim of its charity for us, the gift, by draw- ing all by the bonds of His love, of inspiring ail men inflamed with His holy love with the desire of living according to His heart, ona: God in all things and fruitful in all good works. But as there 13 nO doubt that the prayers most agreeable to God are those of the meu who approach him with a heart pure from all stain, we have thought it good to open to Caristians with a truly apostolic liberality the heavenly treasures of the Church confided to our dispensation, so that the faithiul, more strongiy drawn towards true piety aad purifled from the stain of their sins by the sagrament of penitence, may more coniidently of up their prayers to Godt and optain His mercy ani grace. by these leiters, emanating from our apostolic autho- rity, We grant to all and to each of the fatihiui of uth sexes throughout the universe a pienary indul- gence daring one month up tothe end of the year 1805. apd Dot lonzer, to be garricd Lato euiegt by You. isned facts in politica. affura by the mere | do | that the faith- | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1870.—TRIPLE _SHEET. | | venerable brethren, and the other tegitimate ordi- naries, in the form and x laid down at the commencement of our Sovereign Pontuficate by our Spowolial Jetters iasued as a briel upon the 20in of lovemmber, 1846, an'l sent to the whole e of the world, commencing with the words, “Areano dtoine Providentve concttio,” and with the facul- ties given by us in those same letters. We desire, however, that ali the prescriptions of our letters shall beob ervel, saving the exceptions we have de- eared aumissivie. We nave come to this determi- nation, notwithstanding all Wwalen might be ordered to the contrary by speclal and individual mention, and which might be worthy of departure from that decision; but, in order that every hes.tation and dif- ficulty should be removed, We have ordered that a copy of our letter should be again forwarded to you, i us implore, yenerabie bretiiren, from the bot tom of our hearts, and with all our souls for the mercy of God. He has encouraged us to do so by Baylug “1 wili not withdraw My mercy from thei.’ ‘Leb us ask and we stall receive, and if there 1s slow nes or delay in its reception, because we have gravely offen led, lev us knock, because He opens to Ulose Who knock for prayers, groans and tears, by means of which we must persist aud remain, KavCK at the door, &c. (St, Cyprian, Epistie If.) But im order that God inay accede more easily to our pres and our wi.hes, and to those of all his faiti- ful servants, let aa employ in all confidence as our mediatrix with him the Virgin Mary, “who has desiroyed ail herestes throughout the world, and who, tie well-belove! Mother of us all, 1s\ very ee ous * * * and full of mercy, * * * allows ercelf to be touch.d by all, shows herself very Clement towards ail, aod takes under her pity- ing care ail our miseries with unitmited affec- tion,” (St. Bernard, Germ. de duodecim pre- rogavitis B. M. B. in verbdis Apocalyplt), and who, “sitting as queen upon the right bi of her Sor Jesus Christ in @ golden vestinent, shining wiih various alornments, knows nothing Wien she cannot optain from the Sovereign Master. Let us im>lore, also, ihe intervention of the blessed Pever, chief of the Apostles, aud of his co-Apostie Paul, and of ail those suinis of Heayn who, Raving already become the frieads of God, have been ad- mitted into the celesiial Kingdom, where they are crowsed and bear palins, and who heaceforth, cer- 4 of Immoral, are entirely devoted to our sale vation, Lasuy, let us ask of God, from the bottom of our hearts, the abundance of all i1is celestial beneftts for ‘ou. We ourselyes besiow upon you, venerable rethren, @ad upon all clerks and fatthtul of the latty committed to your care, our apostolic bene- diction from the mot joving depths of our heart in token 01 our charity towards you, PIUS IX., Pope. Given at St. Peter's, in Rome, this 8th day of De- ceinber, 1864, the tenth anniversary of the defini- Uon of the dogma of the Immaculate Concepuion of the Virgin wary, the Mother of Goa. THE BULL LAGE SEVVENTIE. ‘The following 1s a trapslation of the Papal Bull re- specting Late Sententi@ communications, published at Rome on the 20th of October, 1869: ConstituTiION OF Pius IX., witch Limirs 1HE CENSURES LaT# SENTENTA,.—P1U3, BIsiOP, SER- VANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GoD, Itis in accordan:e with the moderation of the Holy See to retain all that hag been salutarily es- tablished by ancient canons in such a way that if the cuanges of time demand tha! anything should be moaitied by sacred dispensations the same Holy See suould apply a remedy and provide in a way be- coming to its supreme power. For which reason, having for some time considered that the Ecciesias- tical censares to be incurred without need of a sen. tenve aad, tpso facto, inflicted and promulgated righteously at every season to protect the heaith and discipline of the Church and to restrain and correct the unpridied iiceatiousuess of the wicked, have gradually increised to a large number; Unit, in- deed, throush the changes of time and customs, they can no longer have the object and the causes Which they first bad; aud that, hence, not few are the doubts, tie ‘anxieues, the torments of conscience which arise — either in those Who are placed over the health of souls or in the faithful. We, wishing to repair these inconve- niences, have ordained that 4 precise 1st shoud be made and presented to us, in order that, after a dill- gent examination, we might determine which of them it migot be useful to preserve and retain, and which to modify or abrogate, Therefore this list having bees made, and the counsel having been heard of oar venerable brethren the Cardinals of the Holy Church, Deputy Inquisitors General of the Faich of the whoie Ouristan worid, and everything having been long and atientively examined, of our own “mote proprio,” with assured knowledge and with serious deliberation and in the fulness of our apostolic power by this constitution, witch shali en- dure tor ever, We decree that of any censures what- ever, Whether of excommunication, of suspension, or of interdict, that have been hitherio inflicted late sententie and tneurred uso jucly, uo o.her shall have eifect from this tune forward, except those which we insect in this constitution, and in the mode in waich we insert them; deciaring at the same time that the same, not only in force of the aucient canons, 80 far as they are in accordance ‘With this our constitution, but aiso in force of tis our constitulion, shali receive all their value, as if they nad been now (or the first tine pubitsa BXCOMMUNICATIONS LATA? SENTENT!A, ESPECIALLY RESERVED TO THE RUMAN PONTIFF, First—All apostates trom the Christan faith, and all and severally heretics, whatever be their name, and to whatever sect they may belong, and thoss who believe ta them, those who receive them, favor them or defend thea. Second—All and severally those who knowingly read, without tne authority of the Holy see, the books of the same apostates and heretics, supporting ‘the heresy, as tue ks of any author Whatever prohibited by name by letters apos olic, and those who retain the same books, print and defead them in any way Whatever, Third—schismatics, and those who obstinately withdraw or recede from obedience to the Koman Pontiff at that time living. Fourtn—aAil and severally, of whatever status, dig- nity, or condition, who ajpeal from the ordinances or mandates of the Roman Pontifs pro tempore ex- asting to a future Universal Counct!, as also those by wiose ad, counsel and favor tue appeal suall have been made, Fyth—All those who slay, wound, strike, arrest, imprison, retain and hostilely persecute the Car- dinais of Holy Roman Church, the Patriarch, Archoishops Bishops and Legates of the Apostolic See and Nuucios, or who drive them from the dio- ceses, territories, lands or douialons, a3 also those who ‘command such chings, or ratily them, or as- sist, counsel, or favor such persons. ‘Sizih—Those who directiy or indirectly impede the action of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, whether or the imterior or exterior forum, and who, therefore, recur to the secular foram, aud procure, or publish, or aid them by counsel or favor. Seventh—Those who compci, either directly or in- directly, lay judyes to bring before their tribunais ecclesiastical persons, contrary to the Canons, as also those who make laws or decrees contrary to the luberty or rights of the Church, £ighth—Tnose who recur to the civil power to im- pede letters or any act whatever proceeding from the Apostolic See, or from any.one whatever of its legates or delesates, who directty or andirectly pro- hibli the promulgation or execution of them, or who on account of these letters or acts either offend or ine tumidate the same parties or others. Ninth—Ail forgers of apostolic tetters, even in the form of briefs or supplications regarding grace and qustice, signed either by the Roman Ponitff or by the jee Chancellors of the Holy Romana Curia, or by their substitutes, Tenit—Those who ,absolve an accomplice in a dis- graceful crime, even tr articulo mortis, when any other priest, even pot approved to receive confes- sion without giving rise to a grave infamy or scan- dal, can hear the confes-ion of ube dying person. Eleventh—Those who usurp or sequestrate the jurisdiction, the property, the rentals, which from their churches or beuifices belong to ecclesiastical persons. Twesth—Those who invade, destroy, retain by themselves or others the cities, lands, places or rights which belong to the Roman Church, or usurp, disturb, retain the suyreme jarisdiction in them. We declare that absolution from ali the excom- munications hitherto enumerated has been reserved and Is spectally reserved co the Roman Ponti? for the time being, and that for it by no means suffices that general concession of adsolving cases and ceusures and excommunication reserved to the Roman Pontiff; wherefore, we revoke, more- over, every indulgence relative to these excommunications, under whatever form or to whatever person granted, even to the regular of any order, congrega‘ton, society and in- stitation whatever, though wor thy of special men- tion or constituted in any dignity whatever. Those who may presume without the necessary power, even under any pretext, to absolve, to them be it made known that they are bound by the same vincu- dum of excommunication reserved to the Pontiif, provided it is not a case of life or death, in which case the obligations regarding those absolved must be observed which are prescribed by the Church in case of recovery. SECOND PART. We declare that those are subject to excommuni- cation lake sententie reserved to the Roman Pon- uf: First—Those who instruct or defend, whether in public or in private, tie propositions condemned by the Apostolic See, under pain of excommunication lates sententia; also those who instruct or defend as lawful the practice of asking the penitent the name of an accomplice, which was condemned by Benedict XIY. in the “Constitutions: Suprema, July 7, 1745; Ubi primum, June 2, 1740; Ad eradicandum, Septem- ber 28, 1746,” Second—Those who, at the instigation of the devil, lay violent hands on clerics or monks of either sex, except in such cases, and persons for whom by right or privilege it is permitted that the ten bishops or others shall give absolution, Tivrd—Those who tight in duel, ot simply chal- lenge or accept, and whoever aids or abets it in any manner whatever, as those, too, who deliberately assist or permit it, or as far as in them lies do not prevent ac ere may be their dignity, be it royal or imperial, Fourth—Those who associate thelr names to the sect of Masons, or Carbonari, or to any other sects of this kind, who openly or clandestinely conspire against the Church and ita logitimate power: a8 those also who favor these secis, in any way Whatever, and who do not devounce the secret agents, and the chiefs, until they shail have been denounced, Fifih—Those ‘who order the violation of the im- munity of an ecclesiastical asylum, or who, With au- dacious rashness, accomplish it. ‘Sixin—Those who violate the cloister of the religious, of whatever kind, condition or sex they may be, or enter thelr monasieries without awful permission; as those, top, Wao umtroduce or admit them; also tie “religions” who leave them, ¢: ‘a thors and after those forms prescribe oY 8. Pius V. in the opghth-tiose guilty of real s'mony, tn any b \—Those gui 4 ene fice whatever, and their accompltses. sped Ninth—Those guilty of con idential simony, in any’ benefice whatever and of wh itver dignity. Tenth—Tio-o galiy of simony to ep er on religion. Eleventh—Al those who, making a trade of indul-~ gonces or other spiritual graces, are subjected to the: censure of excoramuuication by the constitution of, 8. Pius V.—Quam plenum, 21 Jan., 1554. \ 7h—Those who collect alms for masses at g igher price, and derive profit from them by celte brating masses or distributing alms at a lower sum. Thirteenth—All those on whom 13 inflicted the ex~ communication menaced by tie Constitution of Holy Pins V., Adraonet nos, ‘of the 29th of March, 1567; of Innocent [X., Quer ab hac Sede, of the 4tir of November, 1591; of Clement VIII, Ad Romant Fontifels curam, of the 26tn of Juns, 1592 ; and of Alexander VII. Znéir carteras of the Ath of Uctober, 1860, regarding the alienation aud intendation of cities and places belongtag to the Roman Church. Fourleenth—The Rellions” who presume to ad- Minister to clerics, and to the lay, exceptin case or necesaity, the sacrament of extreme unctiou, or of he gacnanits as viaticum, without the permission of the Cure, mth—Those who withont lawfal permisstor extract relics from the sacre| ce netertes, i ae om catacombs Of the city of Rome and its territory, ana, those who aid and abet ‘hem, ‘Surteenth—Those who hold’ communications with! persons excommunicated by name by the Pope tm crimine eriminoso—that 13 to say, In aiding and abetting them, } Seventeenth—Clerics who, knowingly and sponta- neously, communicate in divinis with persons ex- commun'cated by name by the Roman Pontiff? ang recetve them in the oices, BXCOMMUNICATIONS LATAt SENTENTL®, RESERVED TO BISHOPS AND ORDINARIES, We declare that they are subject to excommunt+ cations late sententia reserved wo Bishops aud ordle naries. i First—Cleries in sacris or lars of elther 8¢! who, after taking the vow of ire ity, have the ie sumption to contra:t marriage, ag those too who have the presumption to contract marriage with the, said persons. Second—Those- who procure abortions effects sequto, Third—Those who knowingly use false apostolic letters or co-operate in the crime, ‘ EXCOMMUNICATIONS LAT SENTENTLA, NOT RE> SERVED. We declare that they are subject to excommunica~ tious late sententie not resorved:— First—Those who order ov compel the giving of ecclesiastical burial to notorious heretics or to pers sons excommunicated or iuterdicted by name. ! Second—Those who olfeud or intiumdate the in- quisitors, denouncers, witneases and other ministers: of the holy olice; those Who carry off or burn the writings of the same sacred trib.nal, or give to one of the aforesaid persons aid, counsel or favor. Third—Thoae Who aliexa ¢, or have the presump- tion to revetve ecclesiastical property without the Apostolic pleasure, according io tne form of the Extraho Ambuiose ac red. ecel, non alienandts. Fourth—Tiose who from culpable negligence or omission do nob devounce within a month the con- fessors or priests by whoin they may have been in- stigated to disgraceful acts, such as are described by our Prodecessors, Gresory XV., “Const, Unie.,"? 20th of August, 16/2, and Benedict XIV., + Sacramentum Penveniia” June 1, 1741, Besides: those enumerated heve we declare to be alike excom- municated by the Holy Council of ‘Trent, whether with the absolution reserve to the Sovereign tit or Lo the ordinary, whether without any reserv except the pain of anathema established by Decree, sectton four, ‘*De editione et usu sacroruns librorum,” to which we de-ire that only those should! be subjected who, without the approval of the ordi-~ nary, print, or cause to be printed, books treating of sacred subjects, SUSPENSIONS LATA SENTENTIA, RESERVED TO THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFF, fi First—Those chapters and convents with a church, and monastery, aud all those who recive into the! goverment ana adminissration of eitier one or the other bisuops or otber prelates, provided in any way> wuatever at the Holy See, of the said churches or! monasteries, before these said bishops or prelates: have shown the Apostolic leiters which nommate! them, ipso facto incur suspension from ay receipts) from their benedives, during the pleasure of the Holy’ { See. 4 Second—They incur tpso jure suspension for three’ Years from thé collation of orders who ordain any; one without a title of benciice or patrimony on condition that after having been ordained tee person shall not require allment from them, Titrd—They ineur ipso jure suspension for a year’ from the adm nistration of oviers who ordain the subject of another, evea under the pretext of con- ferring a benefice immediately or already conferred,’ bat not suflcing without demissory letters of his bishop, or even their own subject who may have resided elsewuere @ sufficientiy long time to have) contracted a canonical obstacte, without testimonial’ letters from the ordinary of the place where he resides, Fourth—He incurs ipso jure suspension for a year: from the collation of orders who, except in the case of legitimate privilege, shuli have conferred @ sacred, order without title or ben ‘fle? or patrimony to & cleric liviag in some congregavon where no solemm profession 1s made, or even asa “religious” not yet professed, Fifth—Those “religions” expelled incur perpetual suspension ipso jure from ihe exercise of orders, lnving extra religionem. : Sitih—They incur ipso jure suspension from art order received who have had the presumption to re~ ceive chis order from @ person exe mmunicated, or; suspended, or iaterdicted, deuounzed by name, or of, a noto‘fous schismate or boretic, Seren'h—Secuiar foreign clerics residing in Rome for four mon. hs, orda.ned by any other than their Ordinary, without liceuse trom the Cardinal Vicar, of Rome or without a, previous examination bef him, or even after having been rejected by their own ordinary in such examination; Kiso cierics belong- ing to any one of the six suburban bishops, if they have been ordained out of their diovese, with license” of their ordinary addressed to any other than the Cardial Vicar of the city, or who, before receiving: holy orders, fave not passed t:n days in spiriiual exercises im the city howse oO; cue priests of the mis- sion, incur ipso jure suspension al the ure of the Holy See from lers so received, and the bishops who have ordained them suspension for w year from using poliucal powers. INTERDIO“S LATA SENTENVLE RESERVED. First—They incur the sp2ctal interdict reserved to the Roman Poutiit—that is to-say, ualversities, col - leges, chapters of whatever name, who appeal from the orders and commands of tae Poutiit for the time being to a future Oniversa! Council. i Second—Tiose who kaowtngly celebrate or cause: to be celebrated divine oiilces we places.interdicted. by the ordinary or by the judge deiegated, or of right; or who admit persons excommunicated by naine to divine offices, to the ecclesiastical sacra-, ments, or t) ecclesiastical burial, incur, ipso jure,; that interdict froin eatering @ ciurch until, at the pleasure of him whose sentence? viey have violated.) no 3 Dave satisfed hin suuiqentiy. In dine, we wilt and declare that al! otier individuals who have beem decreed suspended or interdicted by the Holy Council of Trent suall be subjected to eusion Or” Mterdict. We will and deviare that cengures: shall remain firm aud of force, whether of excom- munication, suspension or interdict, which, besides those enumerated above, have been iaficted by our: constitutions, by those of our predecessors or by the sacred canons, and which have been fp to the pre sent tme in vigor, whether for the election of the Romau Ponti, or for the interua! government of every order or regular institution. as aiso for every college, Congresation, society aud pious place of any name or kin‘t watever. Moreover, we decree that im all new concessions and privileges which shalé accord the Holy See to any one, it shalt mever be undersiood of the faculty of absolving. from any case and censure reserved to the Roman Ponti, 1€ formal, explicit and particular mention of it be not made, By t9 constitution we wil that the privi- leges or faculties which, whether by our predeces-: 8ors or by ourselves, have been accorded up to the present tune to all classes, orders, congregationsg societies abd institutions even reguar of any kind, though endowed wii private titles aud worthy of Bpectal INeution, be all revoked, suppressed and abolished, as, in fact, we revoke, suppress and abol+ ish every even special privilege comprised et non in corpore Jurts lu the Apostotic Constitutions, or con- firmed by any apostolic approbation, even by im- memortaj custo or any other confirmation; under whatever form, and with whatever sanction, wo in- tend to set them aside. 4 We wiil, however, that the power of absolving ac- corded to the bishops by the Council of Trent (Sess. XXIV., cap. 4, di eform), in certain censures re+ served by thia constitution to the Apostolic See, ex« cepting those which we have declared tobe apecially reserved to the Holy See. ; Given az Rome, at St. Peter's, in the year of the Incarnation of our Lord 1369, Ociobor 12, XXIV. year of our Pontificate, Cardinal M. Mattel, Pro-Da- tartus; Cardinal N. Paracclani-Clarell, Seen by tha Curia, Domenico Pruti, 1. Cugnon. The Canones de Fide as Placed for Vote. ; The following 1s @ revised transiation of the “Canones de Fide” ” L—OF GOP, THE ORRATOR OF ALL THINGS. Firdt—if any one’ denies the one true God as creator of he visible and invisible, let him ve accursed. ; ‘Second-—1® any one isnot ashamed to declare that nothing. exists beyond matter, let him be accursed, i Thirt—It any one says chat the substance and the essence! of God and of all things are one snd the same, let bim ba, accursed, Fouth—If any one does not admit that the world, and al things that are in it, have been produced In their wole sub: stance by God out ‘of nothing, or says that God has no! Created them unconditionally by His own free will, but ham, created them by the same neceasity which causes self-love, or deates that the world bas been created for the glory o God, let him pe accursed. Furthermore, wo wish to exhort allto guard themselves Against the deceptions of those who, in order to conceal the’ ffullessness of thelr teaching, mlauss the most holy names of| ¢ Trinity, the incarnation, the redempzlon, the resurrec-/ tion and othera by turning the venerable mysteries of the Chris+ Man religion {nto the mort perveried notioas of panthelam. ( TL—OF REVELA TO. Firdt—If any one denies that ths ove true God, our Creator and Lord, may be recognizel with certainty by His creatures through the natural light of human understanding, let him * Secon 10 inadmissibl mt -If any one says it is impossible imiestole’ that man should bo tant about God and the veueraLioa. w/ teh is duo Him by divine revelation, let him be accursed. || Third—1. any ove says that man cannot be ratsed by divine Agsaistance to supernatural knowledge, but can and murt attain by his own elforts to the possession of all that is true and good, let him be cs M4 bya! the ontire books of Fie theif any ons does aot accey the Holy Serinture with all their pares, a8 condrmed by the Holy Synod of 4 ‘aa hol xpd te and canonical, or det they have been inspired by God, let him be accursed. ie rH. Fi Firt—If any one are that human understanding is so jnde~