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MFALLIBUITY.
The Scheme Approved In the Vatican
Pope Ptu. the Ninth u nd lei. >uc-
ccAsor% NJ OF Peter, u s. Living and
Infnllfblc 4uthority..,

The Scheme Approved In 1he Vatican
Pope PtuA the Ninth nud IEit sues
ccAeorA M OF l'cteFs u {. Living and
Infn1lfbIc 4uthority..'
Uur tclegr1ms from Rome, dated III the rIo1x.
Sity, and forwarded through the Atlantic ca
bic, report the following highly important pro-
eeed1nsr OF the Ecumenical Council, as hay-
OF the arhcmblata:
rArAL ISrAlLtD11rzY.
Translated }som re Las original <rpr<s.x for Tie
Atr l'ork Neruid
foR THE 1NFAL1IAiII7I or TIE ROMAN p<,S7,r,
LOGICALLY AND CLEARLY DEFINED FROM tRt.-
c,t1Is sow kEcE1yED III THE uS1yEas.1,
cNrECH.
FErst-To the same chapter that ro,ates 10
tLe Aom4u Pontlh. tue following or like things
may be added. Should it be deemed proper. 10
.GG s'aHMent OF errors against his p1iruacsv,
which arc 1t the very outset condemned.
l. Above ali. We venture 10 reprobte the
tementy Of tlsse who may venture to appeal
1rs m tLt' EII'Eent leci.ions Of The High pou-
III to the ttcamenical Council.
!, = III the nc4t rlace. We utterly condemn
Tue fcrve1se cayilliugs Of those who NAV dar.
to say that certain extern II acquiesceace. but
not the internal assent Of tieart and mind, II
to he yielded to the decisions Of the Roman
=. We do totally censure the method OF
talking and teaching pursued l- those who,
foine s 'potha1dy ahd preposterous division
having been eonsrived bat~een the Asscnl-
tlage of Eishaps aud the High pontiE,
c.ay. dispute ~ to which OF ttem ID
to to cous;,atrc tbs greater, and mar
thus: seek to disiract and separate tlo
head from the body-Petes from the
Chutch-as though tue convocauons Of
iFethren, whom Peter also command. to he
confirmed in Liz SUCCESSORS, could evcr be cut
III from Him whuse trust can never fall axny
ftctu tEe I,ton:sea u CLsiet, or tLat it could
be Law irts tos tAort WHO are to le taught aud
confirmed by Feter to teach and confirm
nXainst lin.
i. Nor do we deem less deserving OF repro
baticn tfle seutimente and condue: Of tl1oro
who, in order that the cI1ors condemned b.
the 3soman Puntiff may be the moro freely
dihused among the mnl;,tude, do not fear to
atsctt that tho true meaning Of the books
from which this kind of condemned proposi-
tions are extracted have not been co11ectly uu-
derstood by the Pontir.
All OF which things arc illustrated and con-
irnled br What follows:
First Ind that such Ii it's sentiment the
epiecopacy Of Eearly the whole Catholic
world: FeIy recently assembled at Rome. very
brilliantly made manifest when they addressed
tho Supreme Pontin, now happily rcigninS, III
these n,oet explicit and Remarkable words:
!. "FoE never Las thy voice been silent,
Thou art the witness of tho supreme ministry
to announces eternal truths; to cleayo asunder
with the swortl Of thine apostolic elss]uence
the er1oFa Of tho age, that threaten to subyert
the natural and supernatural order Of things.
aud tie very foundation Of ecclesiastical and
civil power; to dlrpcl the misty darkness
diffused over the minds OF men bv the de-
prayi'y Of novel doctrines. and
trarltssiy tn. announce, set forth and
eary and salatary to tile single individual, and
to the Christian fsr,iiy alike. ~ that one anI
all may comprehend what the Catholic man il
called upon to hol1. observe and profess For
which t.anscondent solicitulo We render 10 tl.v
Holiness the highest tl.anks, aud arc held IN
eternal bouas OF gratitude; aud. believing that
leter Las spoken By tho mouth Of Plus those
things which are declared. confirmed and put
forth by thee as trust to be maintained and
guarded. Wo 10 likewise declare, affirm and
announce them, and do, with one voice and
Que intent, reject all those things hostile to
Tie 1ivine faith, the safety Of sonls, and tie
nast adjndgal to he deserving Of conlemua-
tion and rejection.
2. - For living and infallb1e authority lives
in that Church alone which, built by Christ tue
1nrd upon Peter, the bead Of the wlol,
Chnrch. its Prince and shepherd-whosc fa,,ls,
lsath its legitimate pontiIh, deriving their ori-
Gin. without sntetults-ic,,, from Peter hinself,
placed in his chair, aud the heirs and defend.
c.s Of liz doctrine, his dignity. his glory, and
liz power. And AZ W!5ern Peter IL tflcro tho
Ch1rch is also (a}. and as Peter speaks
through tho Itun.an lontif f3) and ever lives
AID exercises Judgment III lis SUCCESSORS ~
s1,d makes manifest the Truth Of the faith to
all sho seek it (5}; therefore the divine ut
terances arc to he taken simply in
that seIse which Is and WAS held
y the l:oman Chair Of the most
Elessed Peter. which, Mother and Mistress
Of all the Churches. las ever preached tho
faith transmitted iy Christ the Lord whole and
inv1ulate. and h-s taussst 1t, faithfully, pointing
out to all the path Of satety aud the doctrine
Of interrupted truth" "l7.)
1. kesponsio Eliscop,r11m A. s. s. u. y. A.
locutonen,, in soleni saec M.styrii y. =. ret.i
tt PAUL, die /. Inl!i, 1eG7; chi Respomioui
nnlecripscruut qainsenti !ere Eriscopi
2. s. Aubrusius III Is. NJ.
s. Copcil. Chalced. Act II.
!. SyHodls Ephcs. Act III.
:. =. re,Fus Ctr!sol IL Epist. ad Eutych.
G. cos,ril. 1'rid Scss. VII. do B,pt.
!. IS. Il. y. Edistula Eneycl. Sovcm. 1876,
Concllio Baltinurnnsi rieua1ia L. telata, il,
Dccreto dc Histazchia, Cap. H., r. Il, Is.