Additions to Three Minor Works: I. the Spiritual Venality or Taxae of the Church of Rome, II. the Venal Indulgences of the Church of Rome, III. the Index of Prohibited Books of Gregory Xvi - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848. Excerpt: ... internum or forum poll, and is opposed to the forum externum, whether civil or, as it appears, even ecclesiastical. In a MS. Instructio pro Supplicantibus, &c, by P. Valent. Mangionus, I read that absolutions are not regularly conceded for both courts, but for that of conscience only, though the case be public; for the Penitentiary properly concerns itself only with occult. It appears, therefore, to me that the phrase so scantily employed was intended as a caution to the grantee, that he was not always to infer from the release of his conscience that he was secure against the demands of other courts, which in many cases would take care of themselves, and make him pay afresh and well for their favours. "With the principles prevailing among papal subjects they would be well satisfied with the "celestial treasures of their church j" and when absolutions were granted without qualification, which in detail were represented as leaving nothing in the particular case, or in any, if general, to be settled in heaven, they would not be likely to stint their expectations. In fact, if they had not the spiritual benefit they had nothing. See the Confessionals and other Indulgences in my 'Venal Indulgences,' &c. True sons of Rome were not to be frightened by the condition of contrite and confessed, or any other technicalities of their church, which in that particular they well understood. It is not improbable, however, that the phrase may be best explained as belonging to the Chancery, or its offset the Dataria, with both of which the offices of the Penitentiary were intermingled. The former certainly issued letters of absolution with that form. And in a well-known book, Pract. Cancell. Ap. cum Stylo et Formis in Rom. Curia, &c, ex Mem. H.P. Barchino, Lugd., 1546, there...

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