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Ecclesia Sancta |
The Church, holy |
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R. P. Matthiae a
Corona |
Rev. Fr. Matthias of Corona,
S.T.D. Paris |
TRACTATUS
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TRACTATUS
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Cum Auctario ad Ecclesiae Rom. Sanctitatem |
With Authorities to confirm the Holiness |
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Leodii,
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Liège, Maximilian Henry |
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Pag. 80 (Google Books 106) |
p. 80 (Google Books 106) |
TRACTATUS I |
TRACT I |
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CAPUT XXI.
An Cardinales aliquid possint circa Papam. |
CHAPTER XXI
Whether the Cardinals can do anything about the Pope? |
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I. Cardinales nequeunt disponere de bonis Papae & Ecclesiae, nisi ex necessitate, Tuschus supr. num. 28. Probatur ex cap. ubi maius, §. 1. vers. Iidem quoque, de elect. in 6. Potest coetus Cardinalium circa Camerarium deficientem & poenitentiarios alios constituere, Tuschus sup. num 29. Probatur ex Clementina, nè Romani, de elect. Cardinales sede vacante carent potestate Apost. Ita Duvallius in 2. 2. D. Thomae parte 3. quaest. 9. col. 2. in fine. Primò, quia non habet privilegium infallibilitatis. Secundò, quia Cardinales nequeunt leges condere. Tertiò, quia nequeunt beneficia conferre & alia munia Pontifici propria obire, quamvis Pontificem nominent, designent, & eligant. Non enim illi potestatem in universalem Ecclesiam conferunt. Id hoc exemplo probat. Si ex mandato Regis uni ex pluribus pauperibus per procuratorem electo concederetur certa summa pecuniae. Iste pauper electus electionem quidem haberet a procuratore, sed pecuniam à Rege. Sic licet Pontifex à Cardinalibus eligatur ex mandato Christi : tamen censetur à solo Christo potestatem habere. |
I. The Cardinals are not able to dispose of the goods of the Pope and of the Church, except out of necessity (Tuschus, above, in n. 28). It is proven from the chapter ubi maius § 1, v. Iidem quoque, on elections, n. 6. The assembly of the Cardinals, concerning the lack of a Camerarium and penitentiaries, can constitute others (Tuschus, above in n. 29). It is proven from the Clementina, nè Romani, on elections. The Cardinals, during a sede vacante, lack the Apostolic authority. Thus Duvallius on St. Thomas’s (Summa), II. II, part 3, q. 9, col. 2, at the end. First, because they do not have the privilege of infallibility. Second, because the Cardinals are not able to establish laws. Third, because they are not able to confer benefices and go against other offices of the Pontiff, though they do nominate, designate and elect the Pontiff. For they do not confer upon him power over the Church universal. Which he proves by this example. If, from the mandate of a King, there would be conceded to one chosen out of several poor men by a procurator a certan sum of money ; this chosen poor man would, indeed, have his election by the procurator, but the money by his King. Thus, thought the Pontiff is elected by the Cardinals out of the mandate of Christ : yet, he is judged to have power from Christ alone. |
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II. Pontifex in haeresim lapsus iustissimè deponi potest. Ita Duvallius supr. quaest. 10. Ratio est, quia non est credibile Christum velle eum suae Ecclesiam Vicarium retinere, qui se totum ab ea pertinaciter segregat, cum praesertim Christus ei mandaverit, ut populus fidelis vocem eius audiat, eique obtemperet, sicut oves pastoris sui vocem audiunt. Ioannis cap. 10. vers. 3. Oves vocem eius audiunt & eum sequuntur. Vers. 4. Oves illum sequuntur. At tantum abest ut Pontificem lapsum in haeresim Ecclesia debeat audire, eique parere, quin potius tenetur obturare aures suas loqui volenti, ne inficiatur veneno ... |
II. A Pontiff, lapsed into heresy, can be most justly deposed. Thus Duvallius, above in q. 10. The reason is, that it is not credible that Christ wants to retain him as Vicar of His Church, who pertinaciously segregates himself whole from Her, since Christ has especially commanded Her, to hear His Voice as a faithful people, and to comply with Him, just as sheep hear the voice of their shepherd. John 10 : 3 : The sheep hear His Voice and they follow Him. Verse 4 : The sheep follow Him. But far be it, only, that the Church should hear a Pontiff lapsed into heresy, She who rather is bound to stop up Her own ears against his violent speech, lest She be infected by the venom . . . |
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doctrinae eius, & eius deiectio ac nova electio a S. Cardinalium coetu urgeri debet. Ratio est, cum enim Pontifex sit Ecclesiae fundamentum, petra, lapsis angularius, crepido, Doctor, & Pastor generalis, haec omnia privilegia haeresis abolet, & cassat, quia est detructor & dissipator Ecclesiae, & consequenter non est amplius Pontifix. Vel si sit adhuc, donec fuerit iudicialiter haereticus denunciatus, statim a Pontificatu deturbandus est, si haeresis eius sit externa & manifesta per facti evidentiam, vel Concilii declarationem. Non autem si sit interna & mentalis tantum. Ratio est quia non est amplius Ecclesiae membrum, nec caput, nec ei cohaeret unione interna, quae est per fidem, neque externa, quae est per fidei confessionem, & ab ea utroque modo praecisus est. Eandem poenam incurrit Pontifex schismaticus, ut post Turrecremata lib. 4. summae Ecclesiae parte 1. cap. r1. Cajetanum 2. 2. q. 37. art. 1. Docet Duvallius supra. Quaest. 9. quod scisma contrahere potest. Primo, si nolit amplius fungi Pontificis officio, nec velit subesse ei, qui in suum locum eligeretur, sed se adiungeret Schismaticorum Conciliabulis. Secundo, si antiquos ritus & consuetudines Ecclesiae ex traditione Apostolica manantes vellet immutare, seu potius si divelleret & separaret ab unitate Ecclesiae volentis has caeremonias retinere. Tertio, si se ob iniustam causam separaret a communione totius Ecclesiae & omnium Episcoporum, & dumtaxat cum quibusdam sibi adhaerentibus vellet communicare, ut ex D. Cypriano libr. 4. epist. 2. faciebat Novatianus qui ideo Scismaticus, & extra gremium Ecclesiae passim ab eodem Cypriano praedicatur. Cumque (hoc deplorandum est) a tyrannis pro Christo patienter tolerasset Sanctus Cyprianus illico rescripsit mortem extra unitatem Ecclesiae inflictam, non esse coronam Martyrii, sed perfidiae poenam. |
of his doctrine, and his casting-out and new election ought to be urged by the assembly of the Sacred Cardinals. The reason is, for, since the Pontiff is the fundament of the Church, the Rock, the Cornerstone, the Base, the Teacher, and the general Shepherd, his heresy abolishes all his privileges, and cancels (them), because he is a destroyer and scatterer of the Church, and consequently is no longer the Pontiff. And/or if he remains there, after he will have been judicially denounced as a heretic, he is to be immediately dispossesed of the Pontificate, if his heresy is external and manifest thorugh the evidence of fact, and/or the declaration of a Council. But not if it be internal and only mental. The reason is, because he is no longer a member of the Church, nor Her head, nor does he cleave to Her by the internal union, which is through faith, nor by the external, which is thorugh the confession of the Faith, and has been cut off from Her in each manner. A schismatic Pontiff incurrs the same punishment, as Turrecremata, bk. 4, of Summa Ecclesia, part 1, ch. R1, says ; Cajetan, II, II, q. 37, a. 1. Duvallius teaches above in q. 9, that he can enter into schism. First, if he no longer fulfills the office of the Pontiff, or does not wish to be subject to him, who would be elected in his place, but would join himself to the Conciliabula of the Schismatics. Second, if he should wish to change the ancient rites and customs of the Church, remaining from Apostolic tradition, or, rather, if he would pluck away and separate from the unity of the Church those wanting to retain these cerimonies. Third, if he would separate himself on account of an unjust cause from the communion of the whole Church and of all the Bishops, and at the same time will to communicate with certain adherents of his, as is shown in the divine Cyprian, bk. 4, epistle 2, Novatian did, who was pointed out by Cyprian a little after as a Schismatic, and outside the bosom of the Church. And though (this is to be deplored), he had patiently tolerated tyrants for Christ’s sake, Saint Cyprian wrote back that thereafter there was inflicted upon him a death outside the unity of the Church, not the crown of a Martyr, but the punishment of perfidy. |
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III. Excepta haeresi vel schismate Papa non est privandus pro quocumque crimine scandaloso, & statui Ecclesiae pernicioso, sed monendus cum humili reverentiae a Cardinalibus & Principibus, & arguendus a Concilio Generali, sed nullatenus deponendus, ita Duvallius sup. Quaest. 10. cum meliori parte Theologorum contra Vigorium. Probatur primo ex Canone Nemo, can. Aliorum can. Facta, 3. Quaest. 3. can. Licet, de elect. Canon. Tantum, can. Nunc autem, dist. 21. can. Si Papa, dist. 40. & 2. quaest. 7. can. Oves, can. Electionem, dist. 97. Ubi statuitur electionem Summorum Pontificum, vel Sacerdotium sibi Dominum reservasse, licet eorum electionem bonis sacerdotibus & populis concesserit. Secundo, nullus Papa depositus aut iudicatus est, nisi ob heresim vel scisma. Esto quod Joannes XII & Benedictus V. ob vitam infamem fuerit expulsi in Synodo Comprovincialium : Id factum est contra Canones & iura ut notant Sigerbertus & Othos Frisingensis. Tertio Nicolas I ad Michaelem Imperatorem refert Marcellinum Papam cum maximo populi Christiani dedecore & scandalo metu suppliciorum idolis adolevisse, & hoc facionore perpetrato ad Concilium Sinuessianum se contulisse, ut ibi a Patribus congregatis iudicaretur. Cui responderunt Patres primam Sedem a nemine iudicari : sed ab ipsamet iudicandum esse. Cumque etiam Symmacho Papae obiecta essent ; & de eo iudicando magna esset contentio. Responderunt omnes se non habere auctoritatem sententiam ferendi in summum Pontificem, sed se totam causam Deo iudicandam tradere. Quarto, Matthaei cap. 23. vers. 2. Super Cathedram Moysi sederunt Scriba & Phraisai, omnia quacumque dixerint vobis servate & facite, opera autem nolite facere. At quodvis flagitium perpetret Papa, si excipias heresim, recte docere non desinit. Igitur propter illud non est deponendus. Quinto, octava Synodus Generalis Act. 7. approbat decreta Adriana Papae, quibus ita loquitur. Romanum Pontificem de omnium Ecclesiarum praesulibus iudicasse legimus, de eo vero quempiam iudicasse non legimus. |
III. With heresy and/or schism excepted, the Pope is not to be deprived for any scandalous crime whatsoever, and pernicious state of the Church, but is to be admonished with humble reverence by the Cardinals, and by the Princes, and is to be accused by a General Council, but in no wise deposed, thus Duvallius above in q. 10, with the better part of Theologians against Vigorius. It is proven first from the canon Nemo, the canon Aliorum, the canon Facta § 3, q. 3, the canon Licet, on elections ; the canon Tantum, the canon Nunc autem, distinction 21 ; the canon Si Papa, dist. 40 & §2 q. 7 ; the canon Oves, the canon Electionem, dist. 97. Where it is established that the election of Supreme Pontiffs and/or Priests, the Lord reserved to Himself, though He conceded their election to good priests and peoples. Second, no Pope has been deposed or judged, except on account of heresy and/or schism. Let it be that John XII and Benedict V were expelled in the Roman Synod : That was done against the Canons and laws as Sigerbert and Otho of Frising notes. Third, Nicholas I referred Pope Marcellinus to Michael the Emperor, when to the greatest shame and scandal of the Christian people he burnt incense to idols out of fear of punishments, and with this villany perpetrated he brought him to the Council of Sinuessa, so that he might be judged by the Fathers gathered together there. To whom the Fathers responded that the first See is judged by no one : but that he is to be judged by Her. And also when there were objections to Pope Symmachus ; and there was a great contention concerning judging him. All responded that they did not have authority to bring sentence upon the highest Pontiff, but to hand over the whole case to God to be judged. Fourth, in Matthew 23 :2 : Upon the chair of Moses sit the Scribes and Pharasees, all whatsoever they will have said, keep and do ye, but their works do not do. But whatever scourge the Pope perpetrates, if you except heresy, he does not cease to teach rightly. Therefore, on that account, he is not to be deposed. Fifth, the eighth General Council, act 7, approves the decrees of Pope Adrian, to whom it speaks thus : That the Roman Pontiff has judged concerning the prelates of all the Churches, we do read, but that any has judged concerning him, we read not. |
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