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The Chapters Adopied - the
EeumemloaR CounoiissslaodaFn
EFFoFiasa AnathemntlEed.

chapters Of the Schema de Eide
adopted without dissent in the
Ecumenical Council on the 24tb
ult. They are preceded by a re-
view, given forth under the name
of the Pope, Of the condition of
the church in relation to the
growth Of modern error:
I.-OF GOD, THE CREATOR OF ALL
THINGS.
|. Ifany one denies the one true
God as creator of the visible and
invisible, let him he accursed.
2. II any one is not ashamed to
declare that nothing exists beyond
matter, let him be accursed.
3. If any one says that the sub.
stance and the essence Of God and
OF all things are one and the same,
let MIN bc aCcur>Cu
1. If any one does not admit
that the world and all things that
are in it have been produced in
their whole substance by God out
of nothing, or says that God has
not created them Internationally
by his own free will, but has crea-
ted them by the same necessity
which causes sclr.lOvc, or denies
that the world has been created
for the glory Of God, let him be
accursed.
Furthermore, we wish to cX.
hort all to guard themselves
against the dcccptions Of those
who, in order to conceal the god
lessncss Of their teaching, misuse
the most holy names Of the Trim.
| ity, the incarnation, the redCmp-
tion, the resurrection, and others,
by turning the venerable mysteries
OF the Christian religion into the
most perverted notions of Pan
theism.
II.-OF REVELATIONS.
In any one denies that the ont
true God, our Creator and Lord
may be recognized with certainty
by his creature through the natura
light Of human understanding lei
him be accurscd.
! 2. If any one says It is impoS
siblc or inadmissible that man
should be taught about God, ant
the vrneation which Is due him
by divine revelation, let him be ne
: cursed.
/ 3. If any one say that Il mar
cannot bc raised by divine assist
ancc TO supernatural knowledge
but can and must attain by hi
own efforts to the possession o.
all that is true and good, let hin
he accursrd.
/. Ifany one does not accep
the entire hooks ofthy holy scrip
turc with ail their parts, rs con
Iirmrd lay the holy synod Of Trent
as holy and cnnoniciul, or drnic
chat they have been inspired b
God, let him he arcurscd.
III.-oF FAITH.
, |. lrmyouc says that the huma
r understanding is So iudcpcndcl
+ that IA; h can not be required ,
| it by God, let him be accurscd.
| =. IT any one says that diyin
, faith cannot be distinguished lroI
natural science, which has for il
{ ol ject religious qrmural truth, an
. that it is therefore not ncccssar
that revealed truth should he b
/ lirvcd because Of the authority {
: revealing God, let him he accursc,
I >. II any one says 1t is imposs
hlc that divine revelation shoul
S be made credible by outward sign
. and that. therefore. men are Onl
: lcd To believe hy their own intc
t nal knowledge, let him be- Il,
!. cursed.
/. II any one SAYS that miri
/ clcs could not have occurred, an
!, that, therefore. all descriptions
n them. including those in the ScriI
o lures. are to be regarded rs fable
il and myths; or, if he Gays tn
l. miracles could never be certain
ascertained, aud that, therefor
J. the divine origin Of the christi0
;, religion cannot by them BE- pro
Y ery proved, let him he accurse
III =. lfany one says that the fat
IT which Christians agree in Il
e preaching of the gospel is only
d conviction produced by the necc
c sary arguments of human scienc
Is or that the grace Of God Is on
?. necessary for the living faith whit
It shows itself in active charity, !
It him he accurscd.
G 4. lfmv one says that the co
W dition Of the faithful and tn
o those who have not yet a
e rived at the true faith arr cqua
,. so that Catholic believer is
N liberty to doubt the doctrine whi'
1t has been taught him by his churt
until its credibility and truth n
r established by scientific cyidenC
Y let him he accursed.
u Iv.-oF FAITH AND THE CNDE
l. STANDING.
:, y, |. Ifany one says that there a
!, !, no true mysteries, properly s.
!, y called, in the divine revclatio
III k,,A AIoA H. I-ct,1nns If thn foiI