The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-12-06

ult., published the following curious docu-
ment, bearing the signature of the Inqusitor-
General, with the observation that comment
upon it is needless:
EDICT OF THE HOLY OFFICE.
ave, +. r. Thomas Vincent Airaldi, of the
Order of Preachers, Master in Sacred Theo-
logy, and in the towns and diocesses of An
coma, Osimo-C ignoli, JEST, Senigalia, Loreto
and Recamati, Macerati and Talentino, and
other lands and localities annexed, Inquisi-
tor General of the Holy Apostolic See es-
pecially appointed against heretical depravity:
"Being DESTROYS, as imposed by our holy
Office, that the Catholic faith, without
which, as the Apostle Paul writes to the
Jews, it is impossible to please God, should
be in our jurisdiction maintained pure and
immaculate from all heretical contagion and
experience having proven unto US that many
persons from malice, others from disobedience
and finally, others from ignorance, do not
fulfil the strict obligation they are under of
denouncing to the holy office of the misdeeds
which come under its attributions, and that
serious Inconvenience ard errors result
therefrom, not only against good morals, but
especially against the Catholic faith never
theless we, who have especially at heart the
glory of God, the full conversation and in
crease of the holy faith, and the salvation of
souls, to Obyiate all disorder with the apos-
tolic authority entrusted to us, command, in
virtue of holy obedience, and under pain of
accommodation without prejudice to other
penalties prescribed by the sacred canons,
DEGREES, constitutions aud bulls of the sove
reign pontiffs, by this present edict, all and
every person, whatever his station, rank OF
employment, whether lay or clerical, and
within the delay of one month, ten days of
which are assigned for the first, ten for the
second, and ten for the third peremptory
term, to inform against and notify us judi
cially, or to our Wears or resident curates,
all and each of such persons as may come
under his or their acquaintance
"Who are heretical, or suspected Of being
SO, or harborerS or supporters OF heretlcs, or
who may have adhered to or do adhere to
Jewish or Mahommedan, or Pagan rites, or
who may have become apostates from the
true Catholic faith;
"Who may have committed acts from
which sufficient proof might be deduced that
they are in open or secret league with the
Devil, performing acts of sorcery, of magic
or necromancy, offering to the above named
(sic) perfumes, incense, or prayers for the
discovery of treasures or other unhOly pur-
poses; by invocations or promise of ODE
dience, or by other practices in which his
name or others are invoked;
"Who are familiar with or who practice
necromancy, or no matter what sort of magic,
with the abuse of the sacraments, sacred or
halowed things;
"Who, not being ordained, should have
usurped with sacriligious temerity the right
of performing mass, or who are suspected of
administering the sacrament of penitence to
the faithful of Jesus Christ;
"Who may have abused or do abuse the
sacrament of penitence, or the locality
(luogo) of the same against the apostolic de-
crees
"Who may have held or who hold secret
} meetings, in contempt and to the prejudice
of, or against, the Catholic religion,
"Who may have uttered or utter hereti-
cal blasphemes against God Almighty, the
Most Holy Virgin Mary, and the Saints, or
who may have or do express contempt for
, sacred images;
"Who, despite of solemn oath. in the
profession Of no matter what religion APP
proved by the Church, or after having taken
holy orders, may have or do contract or try
t, contract a marriage;
"Who, during the lifetime of a first
wife takes second or who during the life
time Of first husband, takes or try to take
a second;
"Who may have, or have endeavored to
impede, no matter how, the functions of the
Holy inquisition; or who, no matter how,
may have acted contrary to the bull of his
Holiness Plus v, of blessed memory, and
which commences as follows, 81 de protegeadis
"Who may have published satres against
the Sovereign Pontiff, the Sacred College,
high church functionaries of established Ieli-
gious orders; or who may have published
writings no matter how, containing abuse or
PROCLAMATION of holy writ;
"Who, without the regular permission,
should have in their possession writings or
prints containing heresy, or heretical works
of all irreligious nature; or who read such,
print such, or allow such, to be printed; or
who introduce them under no matter what
pretext or motive;
"Who may have without reason, eaten or
given to cat to others meat, eggs or milk on
prohibited days, in contempt of the precepts
of the Holy Church;
"Nho may have induced Christian to
embrace Judaism, or any other sect contra
ry to the holy Catholic religion, or who may
have prevented, no matter how, Jews or
Turks from being baptised;
sit is declared that, by this statement of
cases specified by us of a nature to be de-
nounced by the holy Office, other cases are
not excluded which come under the sacred
canons, DEGREES, constitutions and bulls of
the Sovereign Pontiffs;
'The present edict does not abrogate the
apostolic economical regulations and other
edicts of the ordained clergy and inquisitors.
1t is, moreover, declared that those who do
not inform, as ordered by the present edict,
cannot be absolved from the eScommunica-
ton incurred without having first informed
udicially against the delinquents and al
though the month allowed may have
: passed, the obligation of informing re-
mains the same, under the same penalty,
until the person who has information has
made clean confession of it. That this
edct may be brought to the knowledge Of all
persons, we ordain and command it to be
} placarded in all vestries and churches, and
that no one may remain ignorant of these
= orders and endeavor to avoid obedience, we
order all publishers, libraries, customs, hotel
keepers, shop';eepers, &C., to have copy
posted up in their respective establishments,
in prominent place, that it may be read by
all corners. and we order all curates to read
the same to their congregations at specified
periods.
=" SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
In obedience to the orders we have re-
ceived relative to the press, the introduction,
: eol,p0 Or nirculatiOD in the towns Or havOnd