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and commands of the Koman Pontiff pra tempore to 

 a future General Council, incur ipso jure the interdict 

 specially reserved to the said Koman Pontiff. 



2. Those who knowingly celebrate, or cause to be 

 celebrated, the Divine Offices in places forbidden by 

 the Ordinary, or by the judge delegate, or by law, or 

 who admit persons, excommunicated by name, to the 

 Divine Offices or to the Sacraments of the Church, or 

 to ecclesiastical burial, incur ipso jure interdict from 

 entering the churches until such time as they have 

 satisfied the will of him whose sentence they have 

 set at naught. 



Finally, We will and declare that all those are 

 similarly subject to suspension or interdict, who were 

 decreed, ipso jure, suspended or interdicted by the 

 most Holy Council of Trent. 



Further, those censures, whether of excommuni- 

 cation, suspension, or interdict, which, besides those 

 just enumerated, have been inflicted by Our Consti- 

 tutions, or those of our predecessorsj or by the Sacred 

 Canons, and which have been hitherto in vigor, 

 whether by the election of the Koman Pontiff, or by 

 the internal rule of whatsoever order or institute of 

 regulars, as also of whatsoever college, congregation, 

 society, or pious house of what name or description 

 soever, we will and declare that these same shall all 

 remain in full force and vigor. 



Moreover, we decree that whatsoever of the new 

 concessions and privileges which may hereafter be 

 granted by the Apostolic See, and to whomsoever, 

 can in no way or means ever be understood to com- 

 prehend the faculty to absolve any of the cases or 

 censures reserved to the Eoman Pontiffs, except in 

 those cases where particular and explicit mention of 

 the same is there made, those privileges and faculties 

 granted, whether by our predecessors, or by us, at 

 whatever time, to whatever dignity, order, congrega- 

 tion, society, or institute, although regular ? of what- 

 ever kind, and endowed with a particular title to the 

 same ? and worthy of special mention, all and singular 

 by this Our Constitution, We will to revoke, suppress, 

 and abolish, as, indeed, we hereby revoke, suppress, 

 and abolish them, every existing privilege contrary 

 (and more particularly those specially comprehended 

 and not in corpore juris, or confirmed by the Apostolic 

 Constitutions, or by whatsoever Apostolic appro- 

 bation, by immemorial custom, or by what other sort 

 of confirmation soever, of whatever form or tenor, or 

 by whatever interrogatory of the derogatories, or other 

 more efficacious unusual class) notwithstanding. All 

 of which, as far as necessary, we intend to revoke and 

 do revoke. 



Nevertheless, We will that the faculty conceded to 

 Bishops at the Council of Trent (Sess. XVIII. Cap. 

 VI. De Reform.}, to absolve from whatsoever censure 

 reserved by this Our Constitution to the Apostolic 

 See (excepting those special reserved), be retained 

 and remain in force. 



At the second congregation a ballot was 

 taken for the members of the committee (or 

 deputation) on matters of faith, which was 

 generally regarded as the most important com- 

 mittee of the Council. Seven hundred and 

 twenty-one prelates voted, each voting for 

 twenty-four persons. The votes were sealed 

 up as before in the presence of the Council, 

 and were afterward counted. The result was 

 as follows : 



1. Most Rev. Emmanuel Garcia Gil, Arch- 

 bishop of Saragossa, Spain. 



2. Rt. Rev. Louis Francis Pie, Bishop of 

 Poitiers, France. 



3. Most Rev. Patrick Leahy, Archbishop of 

 Cash el, Ireland. 



4. Most Rev. Rene Fr. Regnier, Archbishop 

 of Cambrai, France. 



5. Most Rev. John Simor, Archbishop of 

 Gran, Hungary. 



6. Most Rev. Ignatius Andrew Schaepman, 

 Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland. 



7. Most Rev. Antonius Hassun, Armenian 

 Patriarch. 



8. Rt. Rev. Bartholomew d'Avanzo, Bishop 

 of Calvi. 



9. Most Rev. Miecislaus Ledochowski, Arch- 

 bishop of Gnesen and Posen. 



10. Most Rev. Francis Cugini, Archbishop 

 of Modena, Italy. 



11. Rt. Rev. S. D. Larangeira, Bishop of 

 Rio Grande, Brazil. 



12. Rt. Rev. Ignatius Senestry, Bishop of 

 Ratisbon, Bavaria. 



13. Most Rev. Victor A. Dechamps, Arch- 

 bishop of Malines, Belgium. 



14. Most Rev. Martin J. Spalding, Arch- 

 bishop of Baltimore, United States. 



15. Rt. Rev. Anthony Monescillo, Bishop of 

 Jaen, Spain. 



16. Rt. Rev. Peter J. De Preux, Bishop of 

 Sion, Switzerland. 



17. Rt. Rev. Vincent Gasser, Bishop of 

 Brixen, Tyrol. 



18. Most Rev. Raphael V. Valdivieso, Arch- 

 bishop of Santiago, Chili. 



19. Most Rev. Henry Edward Manning, 

 Archbishop of Westminster, England. 



20. Rt, Rev. Fred. M. Zinelli, Bishop of 

 Treviso, Lombardy. 



21. Most Rev. Walter Steins, Archbishop of 

 Calcutta. 



22. Rt. Rev. Conrad Martin, Bishop of Pa- 

 derborn, Prussia. 



23. Most Rev. Joseph S. Allemany, Arch- 

 bishop of San Francisco, United States. 



Cardinal Bilio was appointed chairman. 



The composition of this committee showed 

 that all of the prominent defenders of the 

 question of papal infallibility (Manning, De- 

 champs, Spalding, Martin), and none of the 

 prominent opponents (Dupanloup, Hefele, 

 Strossmayer), had been elected. 



The third congregation was held on the 21st 

 of December, for the election, in the same 

 manner, of twenty-four prelates, to constitute 

 the deputation or committee on discipline. 

 The number of votes given was larger than on 

 the previous occasion. Among those elected 

 were the Archbishops of New York, Mexico, 

 and Quebec, and the Bishops of La Crosse, and 

 Puno in Peru. 



On December 28th, another general congre- 

 gation was held, at which twenty-four prelates 

 were elected, to constitute the committee on 

 all questions relating to the religious orders. 

 Among the members elected were the Arch- 

 bishop of Quito and the Bishop of Buffalo. 

 At this meeting the discussion of the schema, 

 or draft on certain matters regarding faith, 

 given to the bishops on December 10th, was 

 commenced. The council-hall had been found 

 to be unsuited for speaking. Various halls in 

 the Vatican Palace had been measured ; several 



