The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-26 00:00:00

to all, no matter of what condition or dignity, eccle-
siastical or laical, to reveal and make known to us,
and to the holy office anywhere and everywhere,
within the period of a month, everything they have
known or may know of offenders.
"Whether they are heretics, or suspected or sup-
posed to be heretics, or whether they adhere to

Judaism, Mahomcdan or Gentle, or whether they
have become apostates from the Holy Catholic

Faith.

"Whether they have practised or are practising
acts that may be ascribed " to an express or tacit
compact with the devil," such as incantation,
witchcraft, &c., prayers to discover treasures, or
for other purposes of the kind, all sorts of invo-
cations where his name or his acts are concerned.
Whether they exercise necromancy or any other
magic, abusing the sacrament or the holy and
blessed things.

" Whether, not being priests, they have usurped
with sacrilegious daring the right to celebrate
mass, or to administer to the penitent.
" Whether they keep or have kept secret con-
venticles, or reunions likely to prejudice the holy
Catholic religion. Whether they have been guilty
of making use of oaths against the blessed Lord,
the Holy Virgin, or the saints, or otherwise been
guilty of any act against holy images.
" Whether, in spite of their oaths, they have
entered, or endeavoured to enter, into a contract of
matrimony. The first wife living or the first hus-
band, they have taken a second, or attempted to do it,
or have in any way interfered with the holy office of
the Inquisition, or with the Bull of his Holiness
Pius V. Whether they have written satires or
published writings against the Pope the Sacred Col-
lege, superiors, ecclesiastics, or religious orders;
or composed and distributed writings likely to be
detrimental to the holy word; or if they possess
writings or prints containing heresies, or books of
heretics, speaking ex-professo against religion ; or
whether they read, print, or allow to print and dis-
tribute such things under any pretext : If they are
persons who without a license have eaten, or
given to eat, meat, eggs, and the like on a prohibited
day ; whether they have induced a Christian to
become a Jew or any other sect ; whether they
have prevented a Sew or a Turk becoming baptised.
Wo declare that those who do not denounce such
acts cannot te absolved and must be excommuni-
cated. On purpose that this edict shall be pub-
licly known, we command its publication in every
church anti public place, so that nobody shall
remain ignorant of it and nobody evade its
obedience. We charge all publishers, librarians,
shopkeepers, and hotels to stick up the present edict
in their respective places publicly, where every-
body can see and read it.
" The first, nay the only object of the tribunal of
the holy office being the glory of the Lord, the
glorification of the holy faith, and the salvation of
souls, we have commanded and command as above,
that all those who should consider themselves
guilty, or who know others to be guilty, be pre-
sent themselves before us or substitutes volun-
tarily, before being denounced by others, and
to confess sincerely and honestly their errors and
failings, assuring them that, " unless accused
by other legitimate eecclesiastical tribunals" they
will be received with a charitable heart and treated
with particular mercy—a mercy so very natural to
the Holy Inquisition—and they will be expedited
and delivered without any expense, or any public
penitence.
" According to the obligations imposed upon us
concerning prints or books, we expressly command
that no one dare to print, import, sell, or distribute
books within or without our jurisdiction, unless
such books have been previously submitted to the
holy office. Adhering, besides, to the edicts of
the supreme tribunal of the holy office at Rome,
concerning any intercourse with Hebrews, viz. :
cohabiting, associating, or living in familiar con-
tact with them,' we command that nobody dares to
transgress such edicts, under the penalty therewith
expressed and promulgated.
" Given at the holy office at Pesaro, on the 15th
September, 1841.
" Brother FILIPPO BERTOLOTTI, Inspector-
General.
ANTONIO SEVERINI, Chancellor-General
of the Holy Office."