The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-19
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APOSTOLIC LETTER.

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which otherwise are not understood
to be granted by any concession how
ample soever. He can also absolve
and is empowered to absolve from all
sins and excuses, however grievous
and enormous, even from those re-
served, as has been said, to the same
Ord1naries and to Us and the Apos-
tOlic See, but he is to impose salu-
tary penance, and to observe the other
things enjoined by the law; and if
there is question of neresy, he can
absolve and is empowered to absolve
from it, when, according to the pre-
scription of the law, error has been
adJured and retraeted. He can also
commute into other pious and saIu-
tary works vows of whatsoever kind,
even those confirmed by oath and re-
served to the Holy See, always: except
ing VOWS of chastity, of religion and
OF an obligation which has been &C
cepted from third party or in which
there is question or prejudice to a
third party, excepting also penal vows,
which are called vows preserving
from sin, unless there be indicated
communication of such a character as
will in future serve to restrain from
sin as much as the subject matter of
the original VOW. And in regard to
penitents of this kind who are in
Holy Orders, even Regulars, he can
dispense and is empowered to dis
pense them from an occult frregularity
contracted solely for the exercises of
their Orders, and for the attainment
of higher Orders.
We do not intend however by Our
present Letter to dispense from any
other irregularity whatsoever, whether
arising from crime or from defect,
either public or hidden or known, nor
from any other incapacity or disability
in what manner soever contracted.
Nor do We intend to concede any
authority to dispense in the premises,
or to rehabilitate or to restore to the
pristine state even in the tribunal of
conscience. Nor do We intend to
derogate from the constitution, with
appended declarations published by
Our predecessor of happy memory
Benedict XIV, which begins Sacramen-
tum Poenitentiae. Nor in fine do We
intend that this same letter can or
should in any wise help those who by
Us and the Apostolic See or by any
prelate or ecclesiastical Judge have
been by name communicated, sus-
pended, interdicted, or declared to
have incurred other sentences or GEN.
sures, unless within the aforesaid time
they shall have made satisfaction, and,
when necessary, come to terms with
the parties. But if within the ap-
pointed time they could not, in the
judgment of the confessor, make salts
faction, We grant that he can absolve
them in the tribunal of conscience,
only in order that they may gain the
Indulgences of the Jubilee, the obliga-
ton of making satisfaction as soon
as they can being imposed upon them.
Wherefore, in virtue of holy obedi-
ence, We, by this present Letter,
strictly order and command all Ordi-
naries wheresoever residing and their
VANoA0 anu S11C10lO1 dAOO 1o1lAAS IAOLl,
those who are charged with the care
of souls, that when they receive tran
scripts or printed copies of the pres
ent Letter, they publish it, or take
care that it be published in their
churches and dioceses, provinces,
cities, towns, territories and districts
and that to the people duly prepared,
as far as possible even by the preach
ing of the word of God, they designate,
as explained above, the church or
churches to be visited.
Notwithstanding Apostolic Constitu-
tions and Ordinances, especially those
by which the faculty of absolving in
certain therein expressed cases is so
reserved to the Roman Pontiff for the
time being that even similar or dis
similar concessions of such indul-
gences and faculties cannot avail any
body unless express mention and spe-
cial derogation of them be made; not
withstanding also the special rule
against the granting of Indulgences
ad 'instar and of the Indulgences of
any whatsoever Orders, Congrega-
tons and Institutes, even when based
and established on oath, Apostolic con-
firmation or any other guarantee, also
indult, privileges, and Apostolic Let
tiers for said Orders, Congregations, In
stitutes and persons thereof in what
soever way conceded, approved and
introduced; all and several of which,
although of them and of their whole
tenor a special, specific, express and
individual mention, and not merely
mention by general clauses, would
have to be made or any expression
whatsoever indicated, or any other
form whatsoever elaborated, for the
observance of this, regarding their
tenor as sufficiently expressed in this
present Letter and the form pre-
scribed for them as observed, We do
for this once derogate specially, nomi-
natim and expressly for the effect as
aforesaid; and all things else whatso-
ever to the contrary. Finally that
this, Our present Letter, which cannot
be taken to every place, may more
easily come to the knowledge of all,
We will that transcripts or even
printed copies, when signed by the
hand of a Notary Public and sealed
with the seal of an ecclesiastical dig
nitary, shall everywhere and for all
have absolutely the same authority as
would belong to this present Letter,
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