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<dl><dd>The Letters Apostolic Of Pope Pius IX., Considered With Reference To The Law Of England And The Law Of Europe, Volume 1 1851<div><br></div><div><div>CONTENTS. </div><div>INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. </div><div>Distinction between a Bull and a Brief Page 2 </div><div>Purport of the Brief 3 </div><div>Claim of Cardinal Wiseman to ordinary Jurisdiction 4 </div><div>Distinction between the Supremacy and the Sovereignty of the Crown 6 </div><div>Distinction between Spiritual Authority and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction 8 </div><div>System of Vicars Apostolic in England ib. </div><div>No religious necessity for its Abandonment 9 </div><div>Effect of removal of political disabilities 10 </div><div>Forbearance of England as to the Protestant Episcopal Communion in Scotland 11 </div><div>The Apostolicum Ministerium of Benedict XIV. 12 </div><div>No Spiritual element wanting in the English Mission 13 </div><div>Decrees of the Council of Trent 14 </div><div>Inconvenience of the change to the Roman Catholic laity 15 </div><div>Inconvenience and danger to the State 16 </div><div>Avowed object of the new Constitution, a Provincial Synod 17 </div><div>No organic bond of union amongst the Vicars Apostolic 18 </div><div>Synod of Thurles 19 </div><div>Conduct of the Roman Catholic Clergy in Belgium 20 </div><div>Secret Conventions with the Communal Authorities 21 </div><div>Encyclical letter of Pope Gregory XVI. 22 </div><div>CHAP. II. </div><div>The Law of England 22 </div><div>The Religious Status of the Roman Catholics settled by the Toleration Act of 31 Geo. 3. c. 32. 23 </div><div>The Political Status settled bj the Relief Act of 10 Geo. 4. c. 7. Page 23 </div><div>Difference between local Bishops and a local Episcopate 24 </div><div>M. Portalis's remarks upon Establishment and Protection 25 </div><div>Difference between Ecclesiastical Protection and Religious Toleration 26 </div><div>Repealing effect of, 7 &amp; 8 Viet. c. 102. as to penalties under 1 Eliz. c. 1. 27 </div><div>Effect of 9 &amp; 10 Viet. c. 59. as to the statutory Punishment under 1 Eliz. c. 1. and 2 Eliz. c. 1. (Irish) 28 </div><div>Unlawful to maintain the Authority of the Pope as heretofore claimed or used by him 29 </div><div>Dr. Wiseman's Interpretation of the penal clause in the Relief Act as to the Name, Style, or Title of Bishop of any Diocese in England or Ireland 30 </div><div>Title of Menevia, or St. David's, made free with in the Brief 31 </div><div>Reserve in certain quarters in not translating the word Menevia 32 </div><div>Interpretation of the penal clause in the Relief Act 33 </div><div>Mr. Anstey's admission as to future Sees 34 </div><div>Presumption of law not in favour of the Subject, but of the Crown 35 </div><div>The practice examined, as assisting the Interpretation of the Statute 36 </div><div>The Charitable Bequests Act (7 &amp; 8 Viet. c. 97.) ib. </div><div>The Warrants appointing the Visitors of the Irish Colleges 37 </div><div>The Dublin Cemeteries (local) Act (9 &amp; 10 Viet. c. 361.) 38 </div><div>The Roman Catholic Bishop in Australia 40 </div><div>The R. C. Archbishop in Sydney 41 </div><div>Erection by the Crown of the Metropolitan See of Sydney ib. </div><div>Opinion of Colonial Law Officers defended from misstatement 42 </div><div>The R. C. Bishop in the Island of Mauritius 43 </div><div>Selection of the title of Westminster by Dr. Wiseman 44 </div><div>Violation of the Statute Law as to the title of St. David's 45 </div><div>Distinction between the Appointment and the Mission of a Bishop 46 </div><div>Mode of erecting Episcopal Sees by the law of England 48 </div><div>State of the law as to the bringing in and putting into execution of Papal Instruments 49 </div><div>Repeal of Penalties in 13 Eliz. c. 2. 50 </div><div>The specific legal character of the Offence left unaltered by the Repeal of the Penalty 51 </div><div>The legal character of the Offence High Treason Page 51 </div><div>Statute of Treasons (25 Edw. 3. s. 5. c. 2.) 52 </div><div>Statute 7 Anne c. 1. operative, though without a penal clause ib. </div><div>Statute of Praemunire (16 Rich. 2. c. 5.) 53 </div><div>Cardinal Wolsey's Case 54 </div><div>Lalor's Case in the Reign of James I. ib. </div><div>CHAP. III. </div><div>Law of Europe. — Misstatements as to proceedings of the Crown 57 </div><div>No Bishop's See established at Jerusalem 58 </div><div>Licence of the Crown for Dr. Alexander's Consecration to the Office of a Bishop 59 </div><div>Erection of the See of a Bishop, at Gibraltar, by Letters Patent 60 </div><div>The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Bishop of Gibraltar not extended beyond the Queen's Dominions 61 </div><div>The Publication of the Papal Brief on occasion of Dr. Wiseman's Enthronement 63 </div><div>Maintenance of the Exequatur of the Crown of France, in respect of a Papal Brief in 1820 64 </div><div>Mode of publishing the Bull "Coena Domini" 65 </div><div>Contents of the Brief of Pope Pius IX. 66 </div><div>The Pope a Foreign Sovereign 67 </div><div>Absence of Diplomatic Intercourse between England and Rome 68 </div><div>Law of Europe as to Erection of Bishops' Sees 69 </div><div>Cannot be erected without the Consent of the Sovereign 70 </div><div>Instance of a See suppressed because the Crown had not consented to its Erection 71 </div><div>Practice in England as to Erection of Sees before the Reformation 72 </div><div>Practice in Europe since the Reformation 73 </div><div>Roman Catholic States 74 </div><div>States not in Communion with the Holy See ib. </div><div>Concordat with the Netherlands 75 </div><div>Negotiations with Prussia — followed by a Bull of Circumscription 75 </div><div>Negotiations with Hanover — Bull of Circumscription 76 </div><div>Vicars Apostolic in Denmark Page 77 </div><div>Vicars Apostolic in Sweden 78 </div><div>Vicars Apostolic in Saxony 79 </div><div>The Bishops of the Greek United Church in Russia 80 </div><div>Erection of their Sees by an Ukase of the Empress Catherine 81 </div><div>Muscovite Oath in lieu of Pontifical Oath substituted by the Pope in the case of the Irish Bishops in 1791 82 </div><div>Polish and Silesian Concordats 83 </div><div>The Roman Catholic Church protected in Poland 84 </div><div>Bull of Circumscription for Poland 85 </div><div>Papal Usurpation in regard to England 86 </div><div>Law of Nations 87 </div><div>Lord Stowell's Judgment as to the sanctity of long usage 88 </div><div>Maintenance of the ancient practice as observed by the Pope 89 </div><div>CHAP. IV. </div><div>General Law as to the Erection of Episcopal Sees 91 </div><div>Territorial Bishoprics 92 </div><div>Local Bishops distinguished from Bishops in partibus 93 </div><div>Local Sufiragans in England under 26 Hen. 8. c. 14. ib. </div><div>Titles of Shrewsbury and Nottingham, Sees of English Suffragans, taken by the Pope 94 </div><div>Respective provinces of the Royal and the Papal Authority 95 </div><div>Summary mode of procedure in the present instance 96 </div><div>Letter of Pope Gregory XVL to the Emperor Nicholas 97 </div><div>The right of Embassy attaches to the Pope, as a Sovereign Power, not in his spiritual character of Pope 98 </div><div>Mode of communicating with the Pope through the Legations at Rome 99 </div><div>Allocution of Pope Pius IX. 20 May 1850 100 </div><div>Debate in the Belgian Chambers 15 Nov. 1850 101 </div><div>The Belgian minister withdrawn from Rome 102 </div><div>Ultra-Montanism of the present Brief ib. </div><div>Cardinal Bellarmine on Papal Absolutism 103 </div><div>Position of the Roman Catholic laity 104 </div><div>The Synod of Thurles 105 </div><div>Dr. Cullen's Appointment 106 </div><div>Cardinal Fransoni's Rescript, 9th Oct. 1847 107 </div><div>The proposed Catholic Academy 108 </div><div>Interference of a Foreign Tribunal 109 </div><div>Dr. Cullen's example in disobeying the Law 110 </div><div>The Sussex Peerage Case Page 111 </div><div>The office of Bishop, not of Vipar Apostolic, recognised by the House of Lords 112 </div><div>CHAP. V. </div><div>Title and office of Vicar Apostolic unknown to the Canon Law 114 </div><div>Mission of an Archpriest to England, in 1598 115 </div><div>Mission of a Bishop in 1622 117 </div><div>Four Vicars Apostolic in the reign of James II. 118 </div><div>The ancient supremacy of the Pope now revived 119 </div><div>Usurped authority of the Pope in matters spiritual 120 </div><div>Statute of Peter-pence and Dispensations 121 </div><div>The Papal dilemma as to the Law of England 122 </div><div>Personal limitations of the earlier Briefs 123 </div><div>Comprehensiveness of the Brief of Pope Pius IX. 124 </div><div>Analogous proceeding in civil matters 125 </div><div>The Synod of Thurles 126 </div><div>Anomalous condition of Ireland 127 </div><div>Titular Bishops of Irish Sees 128 </div><div>Generous Policy of the Legislature towards Ireland 129 </div><div>Separate conditions of toleration, protection, and establishment 130 </div><div>Erection of a Bishopric at St. Gall 131 </div><div>The Act of Union between England and Ireland 132 </div><div>The principle of State-Establishment 133 </div><div>Legislation adapted to variations of condition 134 </div><div>System in the Austrian dominions ib. </div><div>Condition of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland 135 </div><div>Identity how far a question of religious or political principle 136 </div><div>Absence of Uniformity of Law 137 </div><div>Difficulty of ignoring a violation of the Law 138 </div><div>Absolutism of the Papal Power ib. </div><div>Necessity of prescribing limits to it 139 </div><div>Question of opportunity ib. </div><div>Practice in Belgium 140 </div><div>Feelings of the English nation 141 </div><div>The Pope and the new dignitaries in different categories 142 </div><div>Civil and Religious Liberty 143 </div><div>Spirit of Roman Catholic Laity in England 144 </div><div>The Roman Catholic Bishops in Ireland 145 </div><div>Spirit of the English People ib. </div><div>The Religious Orders 146 </div><div>Milton's "Areopagitica" 147 </div><div>APPENDIX. </div><div>(No. 1.) </div><div>Litterae Apostolicse Pii Papas IX. Latin Edition Page ii </div><div>Letters Apostolic of Pope Pius IX. English translation iii </div><div>(No. 2.) </div><div>PAPAL BRIEFS. </div><div>Brief of Pope Gregory XIII. to George Blackwell and two others, anno 1578 xxiv </div><div>Letter of Cardinal Cajetan, constituting G. Blackwell Archpriest of England xxv </div><div>Second letter of Cardinal Cajetan to the Archpriest xxix </div><div>Brief of Pope Clement VIII. to the Archpriest and others xxxi </div><div>Brief of Pope Clement VIII. to the Archpriest xxxviii </div><div>Brief of Pope Clement VIII. confirming the institution of the Archpriest xli </div><div>Bull of Consecration of William Bishop, the Elect of Chalcedon, anno 1622 xliii </div><div>Brief of Pope Gregory XV. to William, Bishop of Chalcedon xlvi </div><div>Brief of Pope Urban VIII. to Richard, Bishop of Chalcedon xlvii </div><div>Decree of the Congregation about the Bishop of Chalcedon xlviii </div><div>Second Decree of the Congregation xlviii </div><div>Brief of Pope Benedict XIV. to the Vicars Apostolic, the secular and regular Priests 1 </div><div>(No. 3.) </div><div>COLONIAL BISHOPS. </div><div>Appendix A. — Despatch of Lord Aberdeen, announcing the permission of the Government for a Roman Catholic Clergyman to exercise Episcopal authority in New South Wales ixxii </div><div>Despatch from Governor Sir R. Bourke on that subject ixxiv </div><div>Votes and Proceeding of the Legislative Council ixxv </div><div>Memorial of Roman Catholic laity at Sydney ib. </div><div>Despatch from Lord Glenelg as to Dr. Polding's salary ixxviii </div><div>Appendix B. — Despatch from Lord Glenelg as tp erection of a Bishop's See by the Crown, and appointment of William Broughton as Bishop of Australia ixxviii </div><div>Appendix C. — Despatch from Governor Sir G. Gipps, as to Dr. Polding's assumption of the style and title of Archbishop of Sydney ixxx </div><div>Appendix D. — Circular of Earl Grey as to the recognition of the rank of Roman Catholic prelates in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land ixxxi </div><div>Appendix E. — Despatch from Earl Grey as to the style of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church ixxxii </div><div>Appendix F. — Despatch from Governor Sir C. A. Fitzroy as to Dr. Gould's assumption of the title of Bishop of Melbourne ixxxiv </div><div>Appendix G. — Despatch from Governor Sir W. M. Gomm as to Dr. Collier being designated Bishop of Port Louis, or of Mauritius ixxxvi </div><div>Despatch from Earl Grey in reply ixxxvii </div><div>Appendix H. — The Queen's Licence to consecrate Dr. Alexander Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem ixxxix </div><div>Appendix I. — The Queen's Letters Patent, erecting the Church of the Holy Trinity within the town of Gibraltar into a Cathedral Church and a Bishop's See xci </div><div>(No. 4.) </div><div>FOREIGN LAW. </div><div>Appendix J. — Extract from the Institutes of Public and Private Ecclesiastical Law, by Father Dominick Schram. "What the Royal Placet is, and the Justice of it" xcix </div><div>Appendix K. — Extract from Giannone's History of Naples as to the Exequatur Regium civ </div><div>Appendix L. — Suppression of a Papal Bull in France, by the Parliament of Paris cvii </div><div>Appendix M. — Answer given by command of the Emperor Joseph II. to a note of the Nuncio of the Pope, by Prince Kaunitz-Rietberg cviii </div><div>Appendix N. — Allocuzione di Gregorio P. P. XVI. al Sagro Collegio nel Concistoro segreto del 22 Luglio, 1842 cxii </div><div>Appendix O. — Speech of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Chamber, 15 Nov. 1850 cxiv </div></div></dd>
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