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The Canons and Decrees of the Sacred and Oecumenical Council Of CORNELL UNIVERSLTY ^^LIBRARY Cornall University Library BX830.1545.A3 W33 Canons and decrees of the sacred and oec 3 1924 029 369 760 olln The original of tliis book is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029369760 THE CANONS AND DECREES COUNCIL OF TRENT. THE CANONS AND DECREES OF THE SACRED AND CECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF TRENT. CELEBRATED UNDER THE SovEKEiGN Pontiffs, Paul III., Julius III., and Pius IV. TRANSLATED BY THE REV. J. WATERWORTH. to which ARE PREFIXED ESSAYS ON THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL 1bi9tori? of tbe Council. London : Burns and Gates, Ld. New York : Catholic Publication Society Company. Burns and Oates, Ld., Printers, London, W. ; PREFACE. Many years have elapsed since the Editor of this work formed the design of publishing a translation of the General Councils. The advantage, or necessity, of studying the Councils, as one of the chief records of the faith, morals, and discipline of the Church ; as the main basis and exponents of canon law ; as containing much of the history of the Church and of heresy and, finally, as forming part of that deposit of doctrine and practice which so many are called upon to receive in the Pro- fession of Faith of Pius IV., furnished motive enough to regard the undertaking as one of importance and general utility. And it was also thought, that a work of this class would be accept- able and advantageous, not only to the ecclesiastical student, but also to all who may wish to make themselves acquainted with the real, doctrines of the Catholic Church, as stated and defined, not by individuals, but by her assembled prelates secured from error, in matters of faith, by the promised assist- ance of the Holy Spirit, when thus representing in Council the entire Church of God. The Council of Trent has been first prepared for press, because that Council is of more immediate use for the present times, as the errors of the Innovators of the sixteenth century are there condemned, and the Catholic doctrine is there also ; VI PREFACE. Stated, on the chief points which still unfortunately separate so the decrees of many from our communion ; and also because discipline and reformation, published by that Council, embody the leading principles of Canon Law, by which the government and polity of the Church are, in a great measure, now regulated. This latter consideration weighed much with the Editor, in inducing him to proceed at once with this last of the General Councils. The times were said to be ripe for a restoration, in this country, of the ordinary discipline of the Church, as regards bishops and clergy ; or, at all events, it appeared to many that the day could not be far distant when such a consummation must be looked for ; and when, therefore, it would become, or was becoming, necessary, to enable all, readily and easily, to study the true duties and rights which they would, perhaps soon, be called upon to exercise. It only remains to notice such detail-s, in the execution of the work, as may be thought likely to interest the reader. 1. The edition of the Council used is Le Plat's copy* of the authentic edition, published at Rome in 1564. 2. Neither time nor labour has been spared to render the translation as faithful a transcript as possible of the original the most minute accuracy being essential to the value of a work of this character. Hence, the translation will be found to be a literal, and, as far as was attainable, a verbatim representation of the words of the Council ; and where those words seemed, either susceptible of a somewhat different rendering, or to convey some slight shade of meaning not capable of being * Anlwerpije, 779. This edition is very valuable, on account of its vast mass of various readings ; and the catalc^^es of the Fathers present at the Sessions. Two oflhose lists will be found in an Appendix at the close of this volume. PREFACE. VII reproduced in our language, they have been uniformly placed in the margin. 3. Many notes, and especially numerous references to pre- vious Councils, had been prepared to elucidate the meaning of the Council ; but, after much reflection, they have been, almost entirely, suppressed ; for fear of infringing on a wise and exten- sive prohibition, issued in the Bull of Confirmation, against glosses, and other such attempts at illustrating the decrees of the Council. Such, then, is the general character, or what it has been the Editor's endeavour to render the character, of this the first translation* of the Council of Trent into the English language ; but should any passage, or word, be discovered, or be thought, to be less accurately translated than might be wished, the translator will feel grateful to have the place pointed out to him, that he may give the suggested emendation a candid consideration, and adopt it if advisable. 4. To the canons and decrees are prefixed two historical essays. The first of those pieces treats of the causes and events which immediately preceded and occasioned the convocation of the Council ; whilst the second essay is a connected narrative of the proceedings of the assembled prelates and theologians, prepa- ratory to each Session. The one gives the history of the times ; the other of the Council ; and the second especially will, it is believed, be found useful in elucidating many phrases and canons, and in fixing the meaning qf passages and decrees which might labour under some obscurity, if considered only as they ^stand in the text. In fact, without an intimate acquaintance * An anonymous translation api^eared in 1687 ; but it is so unfaithful and even ludicrously absurd, that it must be regarded rather as a burlesque than a trans- lation of the decrees. ; VIII PREFACE. with the debates in the congregations, which prepared for and preceded the public Sessions, it would be difficult, or impossible to form a just and an accurate judgment on the form of words, used in several of the. most important decrees, especially of discipline and reformation. internal history of the S- In compiling both the external and Council of Trent, continued use has been made of the noble work of Pallavicino ;* and as nearly all the leading facts and statements are derived from that authentic record, it has not been thought necessary to load the margin with references almost every important circumstance, narrated in the essays, being capable of being confirmed by reference to that work. J. WATERWORTH. Newark, May 22nd, 1848. * Istoria del Concilio di Trento, Roma, 657. CONTENTS HISTORICAL ESSAYS. part \, Page CHAPTER I. Introduction. —Histories of the Council of Trent. —State of the Church at the death of JuHus II. i CHAPTER II. Leo X. —Luther; his opposition to indul- gences .......... iv CHAPTER III. Luther summoned to Rome ... xii CHAPTER IV. Cajetan and Luther xvi CHAPTER V. Luther's Appeal to a General Council ; his condemnation. —Miltitz and Luther .... xxii CHAPTER VI. Eck and Luther.—The decretals burned.— Aleander.—Erasmus . ' . xxvi CHAPTER VII. The Diet of Worms.—Luther's Flight to Wartburg . xxxi CHAPTER VIII. Transactions from the death of Leo to the Diet of Spires, 1526 xxxvi CHAPTER IX. TheConfessionofAugsburgh, and the Protest xh CHAPTER X. League of Smalcald.—Council agreed to by Clement ......... lii CHAPTER XL Paul III.—Vergerius and Luther.—Council summoned to meet at Vicenza ..... Iviii CHAPTER XII. Council of Trent indicted, prorogued, opened.—Objections to the Council considered . Ixv . CONTENTS. part 2. Page SESSION I. Preparatory business transacted xxiii SESSION II. Decree on the manner of life to be observed during the Council .... Ixxvi SESSION III. On the symbol of Faith . Ixxix SESSION IV. On the Canonical Scriptures Ixxxiii SESSION V. On Original Sin.—Reformation xciii SESSION VI. On Justification. —Reformation SESSION VII. On the Sacraments in General, and on Bap tism and Confirmation. —Reformation . cxi SESSION VIII. Translation of the Council cxvi SESSION IX. Prorogation of the Council . cxx SESSION X. Prorogation of the Council . cxxi SESSION XL Resumption of the Council cxxx SESSION XII. Prorogation ib. SESSION XIII. On the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, Reformation ........ cxxxiii SESSION XIV. On the Sacrament of Penance. Reformation cxxxix SESSION XV. Prorogation .... cxliv SESSION XVI. Suspension of the Council cxlvii SESSION XVII. Decree for celebrating the Council clii SESSION XVIII. On the Choice of Books clvii SESSION XIX. Prorogation .... clx SESSION XX. Prorogation .... clxxii SESSION XXI. On Communion in one kind, and the Com munion of Infants.—Reformation . clxxv SESSION XXII. On the Sacrifice of the Mass.—Reformation clxxxv SESSION XXIII. On the Sacrament of Order. —Reformation cxcvi SESSION XXIV. On the Sacrament of Matrimony. Re- formation ccxxi SESSION XXV. Purgatory. —Invocation of Saints. — Images, &c.—Reformation.—Bull of Confirmation ccxxxvi TO THE RIGHT REVEREND N. WISEMAN, D.D., BISHOP OF MELIPOTAMUS, AND PRO-VICAR APOSTOLIC OF THE LONDON DISTRICT, THIS WORK IS, BY PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY HIS LORDSHIP S HUMBLE AND OBLIGED SERVANT, THE EDITOR. s HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT. part first. CHAPTER I. Introduction, object of. —Fra Paolo s and Pallavicind histories of the Council of Trent. —Luther.—State of the uhurch. —Jtiliiis II. ; Pisa and Lateran ; the Pontiff's wars and expenses. —Resolves to rebuild the Vatican Basi- lica. —Proclaims an Indulgence. In the following pages, it is not merely intended to sketch an outline of those events which preceded and led to the convocation of the Council of Trent ; to trace its outward progress and the obstacles which it encountered when summoned ; but the object of the writer will also be- to furnish such observations and facts as may serve to illustrate many of the canons and decrees which form the present volume.
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