The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-04-27
THE MAJOR EXCOMMUNICATION

The following is the formula of the "Major Ex-
communication hurled at the individual specially
communicated by the Church of Rome, which
appeared in the Paris papers, and copied in
The Courier des Etat Unis, of Saturday. Its gen.
uineness has been questioned and has been the
subject of an amusing controversy. Upon com
parison, it will be found identical with the form
given in Tristram Shandy, which Mr. Shandy pro-
and chapter of Rochester, and which DR.. Stop
reads, while my Uncle Toby whistles Lillibmlero.
"In the name of Almighty God, the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost, of the holy canons of the
blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God, and of all the
celestial virtues, of the angels archanges thrones
dOminiOns, powers, OF cherubim and seraphim, of
the holy patriarchs and prophets, of all the apos-
ties and evangelists of the holy innoeents, who
alone were found worthy to sing the new canticle
in presence of the Eternal, of the holy martyrs
and blessed confessors, of holy virgins and all the
saints chosen by God,
We excommunicate and anathematise this robber
and malefactor, and sequestrate him from the paths
of the Holy Church of God, in order that con.
demned to everlasting torments, he should be in
gulphed with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, and
with those who dare to tell the God of might,
Withdraw thyself from US, for will not know
thy way. And in the manner that fire is
quenched by water, thus be his soul quenched
throughout the eternity of time, unless he amends
and comes to reslplscence.
Be he accursed bv God the Father, Creator of
mankind! Be he accursed by God the Son, who
has suffered for mankind Be he accursed by the
Holy Ghost, who was descended upon him by bap-
tsm! May the cross, upon which Christ triumph
antly ascended for our salvation, accurse him =
May the Holy Mother of God, Mary, ever virgin,
accurse him! May st. Michael, the guardian and
protector OF sacred souls, curse him; and may he
also be accursed by all the angels, archangels,
princes, and powers, and all the heavenly host
thn mn afr,or Nhaf5
curse him; may he likewise be accursed by st.
John Precursor, who poured the water of baptism
over Christ. May he be accursed by st. Peter,
st. Paul, st. Andrew, all the apostles, and other
disciples of Christ, and the Four Evangests, whose
word has converted the world.
Be he accursed by the marvellous troop of mar
tyrs, confessors who have been acceptable by their
good works; be he accursed by the chorus of the
sacred virgins, who have despised the goods of this
world for the sake of Christ! Be he accursed by
all the saints who have been acceptable in the
eyes of God, from the beginning of the world to
the end of centuries. May he be accursed by hea-
ven and earth, and everything holy that dwells
therein!
Be he accursed wherever he may be, whether
in the hause in the field on the high road or
the bye-road, in the forest, in the water, or in
church
Be he accursed in living, in dying, in eating, in
drinking, in sating his hunger, in slaking his
thirst, in fasting, in sleeping, in watching, in
standing, in sitting, in lying down, in working, in
resting, Il Be be accursed in every
part of his body, both inside and outside, in his
hair and in his brain.
Be he accursed in his head, in bis temples in his
forehead in his ears in his eyebrows, in his eyes,
in his cheeks, in his w-bones, in his nostrils, in
his front teeth, in his grinders, in his lips in his
throat in his shoulders, in his arms in his heart
and all the inner parts of his body in his veins, in
his groin in his thighs in his hips, in his knees, in
his legs, in his feet, in all his joints and articua
tions.
Be he accursed in the articulation of all the men,
bers of the body, that there may be no sound part
in him from the top of his head to the sole of his
foot
Nav Christ, son of the living God, curse him with
the might of His majesty; may heaven rise up
against him with all the virtues that dwell therein
and may he be doomed to eternal damnaion, unless
he amend and repent. Amen. Let this be done,
let this be done. Amen"
The passages we omit are unfit for publication.
THE BIsHop DoANE MoNuMENT.-The monument
ordered by the Trustees of st. Mary's College al
Burlington, n. j., to be erected over the remain:
OF the late Bishop DOane will be placed in its posi-
ton to-day, the anniversary of the birth OF the
Bishop. The monuments of Belleville freestone
constructed in the form of Gothic cross, resting
upon slab, feet in length by in width; tota
neight, feet 1t is ornamented with appropriate
inscriptions and devices, relieved in the panels Or
the lett end of the piece is Grown of Glory
and underneath, the Greek letters, Alpha anc
omega; on the right, Crown of Thorns. At the
nead is representation of the mtre, croZier anC
Keys; at the foot the letters /. H. s., underneath
whicn Is an appropriate Latin inscription. Along
the top OF the base is the following: ...
George Washington Doane, d. D., LII. d.
for AAFll years Bishop of New Jersey. Born May
XAYlI, A. D. MDCCXCIV. Fell asleep Apri
XVII, A. d. MDCCLIX. In peace. / have
waited for thy salvation, o Lord"