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PUPLIO DOCUMENTS. 



CAPUT I. 



DE APOSTOLICI PBUIATUS IN BEATO PETBO INSTITUTI- 

 ONS. 



Docemus itaque et declaramus, iuxta Evangelii tcs- 

 tiraonia primatum iurisdictionis in universam Dei 

 Ecclesiam immediate et directe beato Petro Apostolo 

 promissum atque collatum a Christo Domino fuisse. 

 Unum enim Simonem, cui iam pridem dixerat: Tu 

 vocaberis Cephas,* postquarn ille suam edidit confes- 

 sionem inquiens: Tu es Christus, Filius Dei vivi, 

 solemnibus hie verbis locutus est Dominus : Beatus 

 es Simon Bar-Iona, quia caro et sanguis non revela- 

 vit tibi, sed Pater meus, qui in coelis est : et ego dico 

 tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedifl- 

 cabo Ecclesiam meam, et portao inferi non praevale- 

 bunt adversus earn : et tibi dabo claves regni cpelp- 

 rum : et quodcumque ligaversis super terranij erit li- 

 gatum ct in coelis : et quodcumque solvens super 

 terrain, erit solutum et in coelis. t Atque uni Simoni 

 Petro contulit lesus post suam resurrectionem sum- 

 mi pastpris et rectoris iurisdictionem in totum suum 

 ovile, dicens : Pasce agnos meos : Pasce oves meas.J 

 Huic tarn manifestae sacrarum Scripturarum doctri- 

 nae, ut ab Ecclesia catholica semper intellecta est, 

 aperte opponuntur pravae eorum sententiae, qui con- 

 stitutam a Christo Domino in sua Ecclesia rcgimi- 

 nis formam peryertentes negant, solum Petrum prae 

 caeteris Apostolis, sive seorsum singulis sive omnibus 

 simulj vero proprioque iurisdictionis primatu fuisse 

 a Christo instructum : aut qui affirmant eumdom pri- 

 matum non immediate, directcque ipsi beato Petro, 

 sed Ecclesiae, et per hanc illi, ut ipsius Ecclesiao ini- 

 nistro, delatum fuisse. 



Si quis igitur dixcrit, beatum Petrum Apostolum 

 non esse a Christo Domino constitutum Apostolorum 

 omnium principem et totius Ecclesiae militantis visi- 

 bile caput ; vel eumdem honoris tantum, non autem 

 verae propriaeque iurisdictionis primatum ab eodein 

 Domino nostro lesu Christo directe et immediate ac- 

 ceplsse ; anathema sit. 



CAPUT II. 



stant faith of the universal Church, all the faithful 

 must believe and hold, touching the institution, the 

 perpetuity, and the nature of the sacred apostolic 

 primacy, in which stands the power and strength of 

 the entire Church ; and to proscribe and condemn the 

 contrary errors so hurtful to the flock of the Lord. 



CHAPTEK I. 



OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE APOSTOLIC PRIMACY IN 

 THE BLESSED PETEB. 



We teach, therefore, and declare that, according to 

 the testimonies of the Gospel, the primacy of juris- 

 diction over the whole Church of God was promised 

 and given immediately and directly to blessed Peter, 

 the apostle, by Christ our Lord. For it was to Simon 

 alone, to whom He had already said, " Thou shalt be 

 called Cephas,"* that, after he had professed his 

 faith, " Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God," 

 our Lord said, " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona ; 

 because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, 

 but my Father who is in heaven ; and I say to thee, 

 that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build 

 my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail 

 against it; and I will give to thee the keys of the 

 kingdom of heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt bind 

 upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven ; and 

 w-hatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall bo 

 loosed also in heaven." t And it was to Simon Peter 

 alone that Jesus, after His resurrection, gave the ju- 

 risdiction of supreme shepherd and ruler over the 

 whole of His fold, saying, " Feed my lambs ; " " Feed 

 my sheep." % To this doctrine so clearly set forth in 

 the sacred Scriptures, as the Catholic Church has al- 

 ways understood it, are plainly opposed the perverse 

 opinions of those who. distorting the form of govern- 

 ment established in His Church by Christ our Lord, 

 deny that Peter alone above the other apostles, whe- 

 ther taken separately one by one or all together, was 

 endowed by Christ with a true and real primacy of 

 jurisdiction ; or who assert that this primacy was not 

 given immediately and directly to blessed Peter, but 

 to the Church, and through her to him, as to the agent 

 of the Church. 



If, therefore, any one shall say, that blessed Peter 

 the Apostle was not appointed by Christ our Lord, 

 the prince of all the apostles, and the visible head of 

 the whole Church militant ; or, that he received di- 

 rectly and immediately from our Lord Jesus Christ 

 only the primacy of honor, and not that of true and 

 real jurisdiction ; let him be anathema. 



CHAPTEK II. 



DE PERPETCITATE PRIMATUS BEATI PETKI IN KOMANIS OF THE PERPETUITY OF THE PRIMACY OF PETEK IN THE 



PONTIFICIBUS. 



Quod autem in beato Apostolo Petro princeps pas- 

 torurn et pastor magnus ovium Dominus Christus 

 lesus in perpetuam salutem ac perenne bonum Ec- 

 clesiae instituit, id eodem auctore in Ecclesia, qtiae 

 fundata super petram ad finem saeculorum usque fir- 

 ma stabit, lugiter durare necesse est. Nulli sane du- 

 bium, imo saeculis omnibus notum est, quod sanctus 

 beatissimusque Petrus, Apostolprum princeps et ca- 

 put, fideique columna et Ecclesiae catholicae funda- 

 mentum, a Domino nostro lesu Christo, Salvatore 

 humani generis ac Eedemptore, claves regni accepit : 

 qui ad hoc usque tempus et semper in suis successori- 

 bus, episcopis sanctae Eomanae Sedis, ab ipso funda- 

 tae } eiusque consecratae sanguine, vivit et praesidet 

 et indicium exercet. Uncle quicumque in hac Ca- 

 thedra Petro succedit, in secundum Christ! ipsius in- 

 stitutionem primatum Petri in universam Ecclesiam 

 obtinet. Manet ergo dispositio veritatis, et beatus 

 Petrus in accepta fortitudine petrae perseverans sus- 

 cepta Ecclesiae gubernacula non reliquit. | 



* Joan. i. 43. Cf. Ephesini Concilil Act. ill. 



t Matth. xvi. 16-19. 1 S. Leo. M. Serm. iii. (al. ii.) cap. 3. 



$ Joan. xxi. 15-17. 



P.OMAN PONTIFFS. 



What the prince of pastors and the great shepherd 

 of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, established in 

 the person of the blessed apostle Peter for the perpet- 

 ual welfare and lasting good of the Church, the same 

 through his power must needs last forever in that 

 Church, which is founded upon the rock, and will 

 stand nrm till the end of time. And indeed it is 

 well known, as it has been in all ages, that the holy 

 and most blessed Peter, prince and head of the apos- 

 tles, pillar of the faith and foundation of the Catho- 

 lic Church, who received from our Lord Jesus Christ, 

 the Saviour and Kedeemer of mankind, the keys of 

 the kingdom of heaven, to this present time and at 

 all times lives and presides and pronounces judgment 

 in the person of his successors, the bishops of the 

 holy Eoman see, which was founded by him, and con- 

 secrated by his blood. So that whoever succeeds 

 Peter in his chair, holds, according to Christ's own 

 institution, the primacy of Peter over the whole 

 church. What, therefore, was once established by 

 him who is the truth, still remains, and blessed Pe- 

 ter, retaining the strength of the rock, which has 



* John i. 43. t Matt. xvl. 16-19. $ John xxi. 15-17. 

 Council of Eph. sees. iii. 



