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THE GCUMENICAL coUNvIL.
uogmatic Formulas Submitted to the
Assembly.
From the Pau Mall Gazette. ]

From the rau Mall Gazette.I
1t will be remembered that among the propo-
sitions submitted to the Council by the pre-
liminary commissions was series of dogmatic
formulas The first twenty-one of these arc
!, issued, and have now reached us. The Clvita
Cattolica the special organ of the Pope, has
lately published series of articles which are
now considered as having been obviously in
tended to prepare the Catholic world for the
appearance Of these cauons, of which the fol
lowing is translation
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Canon l. Whoever says that the religion Of
Christ is not existing and expressed in any
community established by Christ Himself, but
that it can be rightly held and exercised by
each individual for himself and without re-
gard to any community which constitute the
Church of Christ, let him be anathema
Canon H. Whosoever says the Church has
not received from Christ any positive and un-
changeablc organization, but that 1t Is, Just
| like any other human organization, mutablc
and transformable according to the changes OF
the times let him be anathcma.
Canon III. Whosoever says the Church OF
| Divine Promises is not an external and visible
community, but purely Internal and Invisible
one, let him be anathema
Canon w. Whosoever says that the true
Church is not body in itsel, but consists OF
different and dispersed denominations, and is
ditYused throughout them all; or that the diff
fercnt communities opposed to each other In
their professions Of faith, and divided In their
spirlt equally form members or parts OF the
| one common Church Of Christ, let him be an
athena.
Canon v. Whosoever says that the Church
| OH al lu nop
essary for reaching eternal happiness, or that
men can arrive at the blessing through the eX-
ercise Of any other kind Of religion, let him be
anathema.
Canon vi. Whosoever says that the author
| ity with which the Catholic Church proscrbes
and condemns all religious sects separated
from its communion Is not prescribed by D-
opnions, not certainties, can exist, and that
therefore all religious sects are to be tolerated,
| let him be anathema.
Canon VII. Whosoever says that this very
Church of Christ can fall into darkness or error,
and so devlate from the Holy Truth in faith
and morals, and fall away from Its original In
| stitutiOn into depravity anu corruption, let
him be anathema.
| Canon WILL Whoever says that the present
Cnurch of Christ is not the last and highest
| institution for reaching eternal happiness, put
| that there is another to be expected through q
new and more complete eIuslon of the Holy
! Spirit, let him be anathcma
Canon IX Whosoevcr says that the in1al-
biltv Of the Church Is restricted only to things
Contained in The Divine Revelation, but is not
| extended to other truths which are necessary
| to the integral maintenance OF the Revelation,
| let him be anathema.
] Canon X. Whosocver says that the Church
is not perfect institution, but merely corpo-
ration. or that II is of such o nature, with re-
1l,,il infu nr q IN.
Subject to the temporal power, let fim be an
! athena.
! can0n YI. WhOsoever says that tile Church.
diyinely instituted, Is like society Of equals,
and that the bishops, having offices and duties,
possess no governmental power bestowed
unon them BY Divine right, and which they
freely exercise. let him be anathema.
Canon XII. Whosoever says that Christ, our
Saviour and Sovereign, has conferred upon
and persuasion those who turn aside, not to
compel them by orders, by coercion and by
external yerdicts and statutory punlshments,
| let him be anathema.
Canon XIII. Whosoever says that the true
Church of Christ, out of which there is no sal
walton, is any other than the Holy Catholic and
Roman Apostolic Church, let him be anathema-
Canon XIV. Whosoever says that the Holy
Apostlc Peter was not appointed BY Christ as
the first OF the apostles, and as the visible
head of the whole Church militant, or that
he had only the honorary supremacy, but not
the true and real jurisdiction, let him be an
athena. ..,
Canon XIV. Whosocvcr says that it is not ac-
cordinr to Christ's own will that st. Peter has
nrrmn5ent successors in his supremacy over
the whole Church, or that the Roman Pope Is
| NOT the successor of Peter In this prlmacy by
| Divine right, let him DC anathcma.
Canon XVI. Whosoever says that the Roman
Pope has only the office of superintcndence
and direction. not the highest and fullest power
Of of nrlsdiclion over the whole Church, or that
this mower is not direct and Legitimate over
the whole of the various churches, let him be
Canon XVII. Whosoever says that the inde-
pendent Church authority, as established by
| The Catholic Church and bestowed upon her
by Christ, and the supreme clvil power cannot
| exist together, so as 10 preserve the duc rlgntS
of both, let him be anathema
| Canon XVIII. WhoSoCyer says that the
mower necessary for the government OF civil
State does not emanate from God, or that one is
not bound by Divine law to submit himself to
such power, or that such power Is repugnant to
the natural liberty of men, let him be anathe.
! ma.
Canon XIX. Whosoever says that all rights
eyistinp between men arise from the political
State, and that there Is no other authority be-
sides that constituted, let him be anathema.
| Canon Xxx. Whosever says that the supreme
rule for public and social conduct Is In the law
of the political State, or in the public opinion
Of men. or that the judgments of the Church
concerning what is lawful and unlawful do NOT
extend to such actions, or that there may DC
something allowed by civil rights that is not
allowed by Church rights, let him be anathema
Canon XXI. Whosoever says that the laws
of the Church have no binding power, except
the III C civil power, or that the civil power has the
rinht. consequent on its high authority, to