SUSPENSIO CONCILII. Postquam Dei munere Oecumenici Vaticani Concilii celebrationem inire anno proxime superiori Nobis datum est, vidimus, sapientia, virtute ac sollicitudine Patrum, qui ex omnibus orbis terrarum partibus frequentissimi convenerant, maxime adnitente, ita res gravissimi hujus et sanctissimi operis procedere, ut spes certa Nobis affulgeret, eos fructus, quos vehementer optabamus, in religionis bonum et Ecclesiae Dei humanaeque societatis utilitatem ex illo fore profecturos. Et sane, jam quatuor publicis ac solemnibus sessionibus habitis, salutares atque opportunae in causa fidei Constitutiones a Nobis, eodem sacro approbante Concilio, editae ac promulgatae fuerunt, aliaque tum causam fidei, tum ecclesiasticae disciplinae spectantia ad examen a Patribus revocata, quae suprema docentis Ecclesiae auctoritate brevi sanciri ac promulgari possent. Confidebamus, istiusmodi labores, communi fraternitatis studio ac zelo, suos progressus habere, et ad optatum exitum facili prosperoque cursu perduci posse; sed sacrilega repente invasio hujus almae Urbis, Sedis Nostrae, et reliquarum temporalis Nostrae ditionis regionum, qua, contra omne fas, civilis Nostri et Apostolicae Sedis principatus inconcussa jura, incredibili perfidia et audacia, violata sunt, in eam Nos rerum conditionem conjecit, ut sub hostili dominatione et potestate, Deo sic permittente, ob imperscrutabilia judicia sua, penitus constituti simus. In hac luctuosa rerum conditione, cum nos a libero expeditoque usu supremae auctoritatis Nobis divinitus collatae multis modis impediamur, cumque probe intelligamus, minime ipsis Vaticani Concilii Patribus in hac alma Urbe, praedicto rerum statu manente, necessariam libertatem, securitatem, tranquillitatem suppetere et constare posse ad res Ecclesiae Nobiscum rite pertractandas, cumque praeterea necessitates fidelium, in tantis iisque notissimis Europae calamitatibus et motibus, tot pastores a suis ecclesiis abesse haud patiantur;— idcirco Nos, eo res adductas magno cum animi Nostri moerore perspicientes, ut Vaticanum Concilium tali in tempore cursum suum omnino tenere non possit; praevia matura deliberatione, motu proprio ejusdem Vaticani Oecumenici Concilii celebrationem usque ad aliud opportunius et commodius tempus per hanc sanctam Sedem declarandum Apostolica auctoritate, tenore praesentium, suspendimus, et suspensam esse nunciamus, Deum adprecantes, auctorem et vindicem Ecclesiae Suae, ut, submotis tandem impedimentis omnibus Sponsae Suae fidelissimae ocius restituat libertatem et pacem. INDEX. Abilius, 359. Abraham's servants, number of, 158. Absentee bishop, the first, 344. Ælia and Jerusalem, 366. Agatho, Pope, 338. Agreement of different Churches proves what? 150. Alacoque, 204, 224. Alexandria, supposed peculiarity of its its rivalry with Constantinople, - and Antioch, their different ten- Allegory, 161. Ambiguity of word 'authority,' 177. 'tradition,' 141. Ambrose, 162, 164, 330, 412. Ammianus Marcellinus, 281. Ammonius, monk, 299. Anacletus, 346, 355- Anathemas appended to decrees of Councils, 90. Anianus, 359. Anicetus, 352, 380. Anointing of sick, 156. Antioch, its claims to precedence, 367, schism at, 291. the Chair of Peter, 326, 345. Antioch, Council of, Semiarian, 377, 405, 407. Antipopes, frequency of, 389. Antiquity, the appeal to, 42. Antoninus of Florence, 393. Apiarius, 408, 415. Apollinarianism, 314. Apollonius, 348. Apostolate, the highest office in the Apostolic constitutions, 359. A priori arguments for Infallibility, Lect. VI. Aquinas on Immaculate Conception, on doctrine of grace, 185. on persecution, 191. on false decretals, 446. Archdeacon often succeeded to bishop- ric at Rome, 395, 423. Arguments, bad, at Councils, 280, 320. Arianism, 166, 267, 279–286. Ariminum, Council of, 288. Arles, Council of, 399, 403. Armenians, instruction to, 432. Arminian controversy, 184. Articles of Church of England, 124, Assumption of B. V. M., 40, 106. on Invocation of Virgin, 37 153. Babylonish Captivity, 390. Baptism, conditional, 399. heretical, 143, 145, 399. Barberini, Cardinal, 233. Baronius, 101, 344, 392, 445. Basle, Council of, 316. Bath, bridge at, 73. Beauty of our Lord's Person, 135. Beliefs, how we get them, 63. 28, 125, 133, 139. - on notes of the Church, 170. and the Congregations de auxiliis, 185. on persecution, 192. and Galileo, 233, 236. on Councils, 283. 371, 407, 416. Charter text, 154, 331. Chrestus of Syracuse, 403. Chrysostom, his treatment by Cyril, on Scripture, 89, 116–121, 166. on primacy of Peter, 329, 338, 339. 354-5, 371-4. Pseudo-, 340, 355, 366, 443. Cletus, 353. Clifford, Bishop, 55. Professor, 65. Clifton Tracts, 244. Constance, Council of, 260, 315. Constantine, Emperor, 279, 403. fables about, 451, 465. Constantine, Pope, 289. Constantinople, its rise to the second 301. its rivalry with Alexandria, 293, Council of, 290-295, 411, 416. Contemporary Review, 216, 240. Councils, their value as witnesses, 279. England, 289. Crawford, Lord, 345. Cullen, Cardinal, 240. Damasus, 369, 413, 424, 443. Deposing power, 451-461. Devil-worshippers, 87, 88. Diodorus of Tarsus, 165. Dionysius of Alexandria, 144, 369, 400. 374. Exiguus, 444. of Rome, 369. |