The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-11 00:00:00

SEPT. 11.

t"orm teemselvea into a body or congregation of the company of
Jesus: they are at liberty to unite in one or more houses to he
poieted out by their superior, provided those houses are situated
1, itiun the Russia!, Empire. ‘Ve mulled the said Francis Kiree ,
general of the said congregation ; we authorised them to resume
tnl follow the rule of St. Ignatius of Loyola, approved and con-
firmed by the constitutions of Paul 111, our predecessor, of happy
venue v, in order that the companions, in a relieions onion, might
freely engage in the instruction of yenth in religion and good let-
dirtet semiearies and colleees, and with the consent of the or-
verary, emeess, preach the word of God, and administer the sacra-
By the same bold' we received the congregation of the
company of Jesus, under our immediate protection ;led dependence,
peerving to ourselves and our successors the prescription of every
thing that might appear to us proper to consolidate, to defend it,
anii to puree it from the abuses and corruption that might be there-
il introdneed ; and for this purpose we expressly abrogated such
apestolieal constitutions, statutes, privileges, and indulecncies
graleed in contradietion to these concessions, especially the epos-
telie letters of Clement XIV. our predecessor, which begin with
the word, Dominus tic Redemptor Nosier, only in Po far as they are
eoetrary to nor brief, beginning Catholics, and which was given only
fur the Russian Empire.
" A short time after we hid ordained the restoration of the order
of Jesuits in Russia, we thought it our duty to grant the same
favonr to the kitegdom of Sicily, on the warm request of our dear son
in Jest's Christ, King Ferdinand, who begged that the company of
inioit he re.te,eiteishad in his di.minions and states, as it was
cram a convictioti that, in these deplorable times, the
Jrsuits were iestractors most capaele of forming youth to Chris-
till; piety ;mil the fear of God, which is the bee,inning of wisdom,
and to el: eruct them in science and letters. The duty of our i
pas-
toral clearest leading us to second the pious wishes cf these illustrous
NonarelN, and having only in view the glory of God and the salva-
tion of soots, we by our brief beginning Ponchos, and dated the
30:h of July, 1314 extended to the kingdom of the twe Sicilies the
rune ronetinos which we had made for the Russian Empire.

" The Catholic world demands with unanimous voice the rees-
taldishment ot the colipw:y of Jesus. We daily receive to this
effect the most pressing petitions from mn venerable brethren, the
Archbishops and Bishops, and the most distinguished persons, espe•
cially since the abundant fruits which this company has prodoced
in the above cone tries have been generally known. The dispersion
even of the stanes ef the sanctuary in those recent calamities (which
it is better now to deplore than to repeat); the annihilation of the
di"ripmie of the regular orders (the glory end Support of religion
and the Catholic anode to the restoratiou all nor thoughts
and cares are at present diteeted), require that we shiadd accede to
a oicli so just awl getzeral.
" We should deem ourselves guilty of a great crime towards Gun,
it, amidst these dangers of the Christian Repuolic, we ntgleeted the
.tills which the special providence of God has put at our disposal ;
and raced in the bark of Peter, tcssed and assailed by continual
ethani, we refloed ti employ the vigorous and experienced rowers
who volunteer their services, in order to break the waves of a sea
yilnelz Uneaten' every moment shipwreck and death. Decided by
motives 50 oumeroas and ponerful, we have resolved to do now
what o e could have wished to have dode at the commencement of
cur pontifieate. After having by fervent prayers implored the Di-
vine as-sistance, at:cr haviiet taken the advice and counsel of a
great nionber of venerable brothers
.the Cardinals of the Holy
Roman Clinvel:, we have decreed, with full knowledge, in virtue et'
the plc:situ:le of po-trdie power, and with perpetual validity, that
all the concessions tied powers granted by us solely to the Russian
Empire aril the kingdom of the T,ho Sicilies, shall henceforth ex-
trod to all en; Ecclesiastical States, and also to all other States.
t• We therefore concede and grant to our well beloved son, Tad-
de o lorzo7awski. at this time General of the Company of Jesus,
a7ll to the other Members of that Comp my lan-folly delegated by
him, all suitable and necessary powers to order that the said States
may ore, y and lawfully receive ail those who shall wish to be ad-
mitted into thee reenhr order Of the company of Jesus, who, under
the authority of the general ad interim, shall be admitted and dis-
tributed, according to opportunity, in one or more houses, cote or
more cent-4es, and one or move provinces, whet e they st:z,ll cmfort!'
their mode of lite to the tides pre'crihed by St. Ignatius of 14-yolu,
approved and confirmed hy the constitutions of Paul 111. We de-
clare besides, and grant power that they may freely and lawhilly
apply W the education of youth in the Vinciples of the Catholic
filth, to form them to good moral', and to direct college.: mid semi-
naries ; we authorise them to (tear confessions, to preach the word
of God, and to administer the sacraments in the places of their