Confirmatio et innovatio constitutionis incipientis, Ex illa die, a Clemente Papa XI in causa rituum, seu caeremoniarum sinensium editae
Subtitle: necnon revocatio, reccissio, abolitio, cassatio, annulatio, ac damnatio permissionum super iisdem ritibus, seu caeremoniis, in quadam pastorali epistola Caroli Ambrosii Mediobarbi, Patriarchae Alexandrini, olim comissarii, & visitatoris apostolici in sinarum imperio contentarum ....
Contributors: Mezzabarba, Carolo Ambrogio, 1685-1741; Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758; Catholic Church. Pope (1700-1721 : Clement XI)
Publisher: Ex typographia de los Recientes in vico de la Pajeria
Published: 1742
Place of publication: Hispali
Language: lat
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Chinese rites; Sources; History; Missions; Catholic Church
Notes: Signatures: A¹.

Woodcuts: on t.p., papal device consisting of coat of arms flanked at slight distance by Saints Peter and Paul in full figure; initial at beginning of text.

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The conclusive papal bull on the Chinese rites controversy; cites in full the texts of the decrees of 1710, Ex illa die of 1715, Mezzabarba's pastoral letter of 1721, and Clement XII's decree nullifying the two pastoral letters of the bishop of Peking; for further description of contents, see: Minamiki, G. Chinese rites controversy, p. 69f.