lias . ▁These ▁two ▁b ish ops ▁ord ained ▁two ▁new ▁b ish ops ▁and ▁held ▁a ▁new ▁election ▁among ▁themselves , ▁elect ing ▁Tob ias ▁El ▁Kh az en ▁as ▁Patri arch ▁and ▁splitting ▁the ▁Church . ▁ ▁Pope ▁Bened ict ▁XIV ▁took ▁the ▁task ▁to ▁study ▁the ▁deal ▁to ▁a ▁special ▁commission ▁of ▁card inals , ▁which ▁reached ▁its ▁find ings ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 7 4 3 . ▁Based ▁on ▁this , ▁the ▁po pe ▁took ▁his ▁dec isions , ▁expressed ▁in ▁brief ▁Qu od ▁not ▁hum ana ▁of ▁ 1 3 ▁March ▁ 1 7 4 3 ▁The ▁next ▁day ▁the ▁po pe ▁addressed ▁to ▁the ▁Mar on ite ▁epis cop ate ▁his ▁brief ▁Mag na ▁non ▁minus ▁to ▁re ass ure ▁that ▁this ▁extraordinary ▁decision ▁did ▁not ▁affect ▁in ▁any ▁case ▁the ▁future , ▁pr er og atives ▁and ▁the ▁independence ▁of ▁the ▁Mar on ite ▁Church . ▁Finally , ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 7 4 3 , ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁Church ▁un ited , ▁the ▁Pap al ▁brief ▁Nu per ▁nos , ▁Bened ict ▁XIV ▁named ▁the ▁ar che par ch ▁of ▁Dam asc us , ▁Simon ▁A wad , ▁new ▁Mar on ite ▁patri arch ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁pret enders . ▁ ▁The ▁Francis can ▁Gia como ▁of ▁Lu cca , ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁the ▁brief ▁Nu per ▁to ▁sed end as , ▁to ▁give ▁effect ▁to ▁the ▁Roman ▁dec isions . ▁On ▁October ▁ 7