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against the action of the council in closing the 

 <, as a violation of the righto of the mmor- 

 It ivrrhi-d tlic signatures of 81 bishops. 

 The discussion of the schema in parts was com- 

 menced at the sixty-tilth General Congregation 

 .'June 6th). The Bishops of Monterey, Savannah, 

 (iurk, Rochelle, Havana, Wheeling, and Bolina 

 (in part.) spoko on the preamble, orproemium, 

 Mid ilu- discussion was closed on that subject. 

 At the next General Congregation (the sixty- 

 sixth, June 7th), Cardinal Schwarzenberg, the 

 Bishop of Ivrea, the Archbishop of Malincs, and 

 i !u- Bishops of Casale and Bolina, spoke on the 

 first chapter ; the Archbishop of Granada, and 

 the Bishops of Aquila and Monterey, spoke 

 on the second chapter. At the sixty-seventh 

 General Congregation (June 9th), the discussion 

 of the third chapter de vi et ratione Primutus 

 Romani Pontiftcis was begun. Cardinal Rau- 

 scher, the Archbishops of Malines, Toulouse, 

 Mosul (Syria), and Rheims, and the Bishop 

 of Monterey, spoke. On the 10th of June 

 (sixty-eighth General Congregation), the re- 

 vised proemium, or preface to the schema, was 

 distributed. The amendments were advocated 

 by the Archbishop of Malines, on the part of 

 the deputation for dogma. Bishop Dupan- 

 lonp, of Orleans, and the Bishops of Concep- 

 cion, Nice, St. Brieuc, Savannah, and Bar- 

 celona, also spoke. June llth (sixty-ninth 

 General Congregation), the discussion of the 

 third chapter was continued by the Bishops of 

 Marseilles, Grosswardein, Saluzzo, Oran, Bo- 

 lina, and Gap, and by the Abbot of St. Paul's. 

 June 13th (seventieth General Congregation), 

 Archbishop Leahy, of Cashel, reported upon 

 the modifications proposed in the proemium 

 of the schema. The council then proceeded 

 to vote the preface of the dogmatic constitu- 

 tion, which was adopted in its integrity, the 

 majority having rejected all the amendments. 

 Cardinal Pitra advocated this course in a very 

 learned and able speech, which, by its studied 

 moderation, and the persuasive tone in which 

 it was delivered, produced a deep impression. 

 He insisted on the primacy of the Roman 

 Pontiff, and on the authority of the Fathers of 

 the Greek and Oriental Church. Bishop Ra- 

 mirez y Vasquez, of Badajos, followed with a 

 speech full of devotion to the Pope. The dis- 

 cussion of the third chapter of the schema was 

 continued; the speakers, besides those already 

 named, were the Bishops of Chartres, Lucon, 

 Moulins, and Urgel. The discussion of the third 

 chapter was continued at the next General 

 Congregation (seventy-first, June 14th), by the 

 Archbishop of Colocsa, the Patriarch of An- 

 tioch (Melchite), the Bishops of Coutances, Gal- 

 telli-Nuovo, and Warmia, the Archbishop of 

 Fogaras, and the Bishop of Angers. At the 

 seventy-second General Congregation (June 

 15th), the report of the deputation de Fide 

 npon the first and second chapters of the 

 schema was presented by the Bishops of Calvi 

 and Teano, and the votes were taken. 

 The discussion of the fourth chapter on Papal 



Infallibility (de Romani Pont\fici* Ir\fallibili 

 Mmjixttriii) was opened by Cardinals Mathieu 

 and Raugcher. The seventy-third General Con- 

 gregation (Juno 18th) was distinguished by 

 the speech of Cardinal Guidi, Archbishop of 

 Bologna, against the dogma. He was replied 

 to by Cardinals Boniiechose and Cullcn. Car- 

 dinal Pitra also spoke on this day. At the 

 succeeding session, on the 20th of June, the 

 Bishops of Oalvi and Teano replied in the name 

 of the deputation de Fide to the propositions 

 of Cardinal Guidi. The discussion of the 

 fourth chapter of the schema was continued 

 by the Latin Patriarchs of Alexandria and 

 Jerusalem, Archbishop McHale, of Tuam, and 

 the Archbishop of San Francisco. At the next 

 session, Archbishop Connolly, of Halifax, criti- 

 cised the dogma and the evidence alleged 

 for it. Other speakers were the Archbishops 

 of Sorrento, Smyrna, Trebizond, Osimo and 

 Tripoli, Bourges, and Granada. The discus- 

 sion was continued in the seventy-sixth Gen- 

 eral Congregation (June 23d) by the Arch- 

 bishops of Zara, Rheims, Burgos, and To- 

 ronto, and the Bishop of Bid la. The Bishops 

 of Wheeling, Trieste, Parma, Cloyne, * and 

 Mayence, and the ex-Bishop of Guadelnpe, 

 spoke at the session of June 25th. June 28th 

 (seventy-eighth General Congregation), the 

 Archbishop of Lyons, and the Bishops of Fe- 

 rentino, Urgel, Monterey, and Kerry, spoke. 

 At the seventy-ninth General Congregation 

 (June 30th) seventy-two amendments on the 

 third chapter were referred to the deputa- 

 tion de Fide. The speakers on the fourth 

 chapters were the Bishops of Quimper, Aveira, 

 Paderborn, Casale, Reunion, and Savannah. 

 July 1st (eightieth General Congregation), the 

 Bishops of Cuenca, Lufon, Sura, St. Brieuc, 

 Luxemburg, and St. Gall, spoke on the fourth 

 chapter. The next day the discussion was 

 continued by the Bishops of Meath, Hebron, 

 Chalons, Perpignan, Havana, Guamanga, Sa- 

 luzzo, and Angers. Twenty-two fathers, whose 

 names were inscribed to speak, are recorded 

 as having renounced their intention of speak- 

 ing. The Bishops of Oran and Civita Vecchia 

 spoke at the eighty-second General Congrega- 

 tion (July 2d), and the discussion was closed, 

 the names of the remaining applicants to be 

 heard being without exception withdrawn. 

 On the 5th of July the Bishop of Treviso, on 

 the part of the deputation de Fide, presented 

 the report on the amendments proposed in the 

 third chapter. The votes were taken at this 

 and the ensuing session (July llth), and the 

 amendments were lost. On the llth (eighty- 

 fourth General Congregation) the vote on the 

 amendments to the fourth chapter was taken. 

 Among the amendments that had been pro- 

 posed were one by Archbishop Connolly, of 

 Halifax, for a formula asserting the Pope to be 

 infallible when the Church teaches with him, 

 tanquam caput seeum docentis Eccle*i(t< and one 

 proposed by Bishop Dupanloup and Cardinal 

 Kauscher declaring the Pope to bo infallible 



