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BY the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, December 26.-Fol-
lowing is the text of an oficial sum-
mary Of the encyclical LUX Veritatis, u
| issued by Pope Plus XI commemorate "
the fifteenth ecumenical of the coun;...
Of Ephesus
After referring to the two committees
which were formed in Rome for the
celebration of the happy event, and
| having extended congratulations on the
work done during the commemorative
year which is nearing its close. the
pontiff says that he himself wishes to
treat of this important subject as 9
conclusion and croWning of the CEN
| tenary celebration.
He adds that he has firm confidence
that should his words be diligently
meditated they will bring not only
comfort to Catholics of the entire world
but also will be a motive to the sepa-
rated brethren to consider that the
| Roman Church always has been the
faithful depository and custodian of the
doctrine of Jesus Christ, and that also
| in the first ages of christianity all the
| other churches and religious communi-
ties of the East and Of the West had
Of truth.
Cites Historical Documents.
The encyclical then treats very fully
! supported by historical and dogmatic
arguments, the following points Of doc
| trine which find, in the orthodox re-
action against the HISTORIAN heresy and
| in the development of the Ephesian
council, the happiest and fullest con-
| firmation
Namely, that in Jesus Christ the true
nature, divine and human, are united
in one only divine person (hypostatic
union); that the Virgin Mary Is the
true mother of God, and that to the
a supreme and infallible authority over
the whole church in matters of faith
and morals.
In the first place, the encyclical de-
velops the third point, which treats of
the supreme and infallible teaching OF
the Roman pontiff.
After referring to the rise of the
HISTORIAN heresy, which fifteen CEN
turies ago endeavored as already the
preceding heresies had done, to divide
the concord and unity Of the universal
church, he shows by the citation of
copious historical documents how in
that most grave extremity the entire
Christian hierarchy recognized the SUI
preme authority of the Bishop Of Rome.
Recognized Roman See.
Indeed, Cyril, patriarch of Alexandria,
that great master and defender of the
Orthodox faith, even from the first ap-
pearance Of the HISTORIAN heresy, had
recourse, according to the most ancient
traditions, to Pope Celestine in order
to have from him sure word and un-
questionable ruling before condemnlng
the error.
And the Heresiarch Nestorius, himself
Bishop of Constantinople, implicitly rec
ogniZed the supreme and infallible
judgment of the Roman see, since he
also writes more than once to the Pope
to justify himself and to obtain his ap-
probation.
And in the meantime the conduct Of
holy Pope Celestine Is such that it
shows at the same time his firmness and
his great prudence.
First, the patriarch Of the Oriental
Church, Saint Cyril, shows that by him
self he Is unable to decide so great a
dogmatic question; second, the Bishop
of Rome, Nestario, appeals to the pom
tifical authority; Pope Celestine without
delay convokes synod in Rome to ex-
anime the question diligently, and by
an unappealable judgment defines and
condemns it.
Custodian of the Faith"
At this point the encyclical mentions
an objection which is wont to be made
in this respect by not a few ancient and
modern writer's which is that. although
Pope Celestine had already defined the
truth and condemned the heresy, yet
the Council of Ephesus in discussing the
question nf inteprp and nr000lln cinp
upon it showed itself to have an author
ity superior to that of the Pope.
Against this grave objection the Pope
brings forward irrefutable historical ar
guments:
The pontifcal legates sent to Ephesus
to preside at the council received from
Pope Celestine a precise order not to put
the question in discussion again, but to
consider it as already judged and de-
fined by the apostolic see.
Having arrived in Ephesus after the