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Constitutionem Apostolicam “ Bis Saeculari” MMirilV Ht Hl TTH , fi. i. GOMUEniTARIUM CONSTITUTIONEM APOSTOLICAM “ BIS SAECULARI” d i e i 99 Septembri* i& 4 & SKCRRTARIATIIS RRNTRAI.IS CCUVliRimATiniVlIM MARIANARUM BOnfiO 8. SPIHITO, 5 • ROMA $ 6 0 ^ COMMENTARIUM I N CONSTITUTIONEM APOSTOLICAM "BIS SAECULARI” Mei 27 <Septembria 1948 Aucture P. EMVIN BUSUTTIL S. I. Secretariatus Centralis Congregationum Marianarum nonno s. spirito. 5 roma Ex parte Ordinis imprimi potest P. ALPHONSUS kMARTIN S. I. N ihil obstat quominus imprimatur P. ALPHONSUS M. MARTIN S. I. (Revisor Delegmtua) I m p r im a t u r E Vicariitu Urbis, die 22-IX-1949 t ALOYSIUS TRAGLIA Archiep. Caesar. Vices gerens PIO XII PONTIFICI MAXIMO MARIANARUM CONGREGATIONUM PROTECTORI, ASSERTORI, DEFENSORI, SECRETARIATUS CENTRALIS MARIANARUM CONGREGATIONUM EARUM DEM OB RECEN TEM CONSTITUTIONEM APOSTOLICAM «BIS SAECULARI» HUMILI DEVOTIONE GRATOQUE ANIMO OFFERT INDEX Praenotanda lectori............. / Constitutio Apostolica . 9 Commentarium................... 17 C aput I .......................... *9 C aput II .......................... 47 C aput III ....................... 59 Caput IV ......................... 68 C aput V ........................... 75 C aput VI......................... 87 C aput V I I ....................... 88 C aput VIII ..................... 95 C aput IX ......................... 99 C aput X ......................... 108 C aput XI ......................... 117 Caput X I I ....................... 121 C aput X III .................. 124 C aput XIV ...................... 129 C aput XV ...................... 132 C aput X V I....................... 138 C aput XV II .................. 139 C aput X V III ................. I4 I C aput XIX ..................... 142 C aput XX ...................... 145 C aput X X I ..................... 150 C aput XXII .................. *54 C aput XXIII.................. 159 C aput XXIV .................. 165 C aput XXV ..................... 169 C aput XXVI.................. 170 C aput X X V II................. 172 C aput XXVIII .............. i 74 C aput XXIX .................. 180 C aput X X X .................. 182 Caput X XXI ................. 185 C aput XXXII................. 189 C aput XXXIII .............. 192 C aput XXXIV .............. *97 C aput XXXV ................. 203 C aput XXXVI .............. 206 Caput XXXVII.............. 208 C aput X X X V III .......... 213 C aput XXXIX .............. 220 Conspectus Constit. Apost. 223 Index rerum alphabeticus 227 PRAENOTANDA LECTORI 1. Textum Constitutionis Apostolicae initio damus, inte­ grum quidem sed a nobis in partes divisum et numeris instructum prouti ratio Commentarii postulabat, omissis, contra, iis textus originalis numeris qui notas in calce paginarum positas designant. 2. Scribimus hoc Commentarium ad usum Directorum Congregationum Marianarum ut, pluribus aliis documentis Summorum Pontificum allatis, melius sensum Constitutionis intelligant utque facile ad manus habeant praecipua Documenta pontificia, quae de Marianis Congregationibus agunt. Neve putet Lector nos undequaque exhaurire omnia Documenta pontificia, quae ad rem faciant; fatemur, contra, laborem nostrum, valde limitatum et imperfectum esse, amplumque aliis relinquere campum ad ulteriores investigationes ac studia facienda. Constitutio Apostolica De valore et interpretatione Constitutionis Apostolicae, haec prae oculis habenda sunt: 1. Constitutio Apostolica est vera lex pontificia, quae ad totam Ecclesiam dirigitur ideoque in Actibus Apostolicae Sedis iuridice promulgatur. 2. In ea de integro ordinantur dispositiones pontificiae circa Congregationes Marianas modo claro et completo, simulque ostenditur mens Romani Pontificis circa earum naturam, regimen, praesentem utilitatem, efficaciam apostolicam. 3. Interpretatio Constitutionis, sicut cuiuslibet legis Eccle­ siasticae, debet fieri secundum textum et contextum. Unde textus, qui ad calcem citantur, inserviunt ad explicanda verba dubia, si quae fuerint, in Constitutione, et ad indubia confir­ manda. Si tamen hi textus non plene conveniant cum mente et dispositionibus indubie expressis in Constitutione, haec, utpote lex posterior, totam de Congregationibus Marianis ex integro materiam ordinans, plenam vim et praevalentem habet, ad nor­ mam Can. 22. I. C.; textus vero citati vim eatenus servant quatenus cum Constitutione concordant, non quatenus ab ea discrepant. 7 CONSTITUTIO APOSTOLICA DE CONGREGATIONIBUS MARIANIS PIUS EPIS COPUS SERVUS SERVORUM DEI AD PERPETUAM REI MEMORIAM [1] Bis saeculari die auspicato vertente, ex quo Mariana* Congregationes a Gregorio X III perpetuo erectas atque insti­ tutas Benedictus XIV Aurea Bulla « Gloriosae Dominae » novis beneficiis solidavit, apostolici Nostri muneris ducimus non modo earumdem Sodalitatum moderatoribus sociisque paterne gratu­ lari, verum etiam privilegia gratiasque amplissimas, quibus, quattuor ferme saeculorum decursu, plures Decessores Nostri Nosque ipsi, ob tot tantaque in Ecclesiam promerita, huiusmodi Sodalitia ditavimus, rata ac sollemniter confirmata declarare. [2] Probe enim novimus, non solum quanta anteactis tempo­ ribus, ut Benedicti XIV verbis in memorata Bulla Aurea utamur, « ex hoc laudabili et pio instituto in omnium ordinum homi­ nes utilitas derivata fuerit», sed quanto studio animique contentione hodie phalanges hae mariales, gloriosis maiorum vestigiis insistentes suisque legibus religiose obsequentes, primas sibi appetant, ecclesiastica Hierarchia auspice et duce, in labo­ ribus ad maiorem Dei gloriam animarumque bonum suscipiendis constanterque perferendis, adeo ut in re catholica propugnanda, provehenda, vindicanda, tamquam validissimae copiae viresque spirituales sint habendae. Idque pluribus de causis. [3] Etenim Marialium Sodalitatum historiam memoria repetenti, etsi eas semper instructissimis agminibus floruisse apparet, non tamen easdem, sociorum numero cum recentioribus comparari posse fatendum est, quamvis utique fervore operum; nam cum saeculis anteactis novorum quotannis coetuum ad PRIM AM PRIM ARIAM accessiones denarium numerum num- quam excederent, ab inito saeculo XX annuae id genus aggre­ gationes facile ad decies centenas computantur. 9 [4] Verum, quod caput est, multo pluris quam sodalitiorum numerus normae sunt habendae legesque, quibus sodales manu veluti ducuntur ad eam spiritalis vitae excellentiam, qua ipsa sanctimoniae culmina valeant conscendere, illorum maxime instrumentorum ope, quibus perfecti absolutique Christi asseclae instruantur perutile est: [5] Spiritualium Exercitiorum et coti­ dianae rerum divinarum commentationis conscientiaeque disqui­ sitionis usu; Sacramentorum frequentia; necessitudine ac docili­ tate, filii instar, erga certum animae moderatorem; sui plenissima perennique in B. Virginis Deiparae clientelam deditione; firma denique sponsione suae aliorumque christianae perfectionis com­ parandae. [6] Quae quidem omnia nata sunt in Marianis Sodalibus illas divinae caritatis flammas excitare* eamque vitam interiorem alere ac roborare, maxime hac nostra aetate necessariam, cum, ut alibi dolentes monuimus, tot hominum turmae « animi ieiuni- tate intimaque egestate spiritus » laborent. [7] Atque haec non tantum sapientissimis legibus describi sed in cotidianam Sodalitatum Marialium vitam feliciter deduci exinde luculenter conficitur, quod ubicumque eae coaluerint, si modo instituta sua legesque sancte servaverint, ibidem morum passim innocentia et religionis observantia firmissima vigeat floreatque; quin etiam, divino afflante Numine, sodalium mani­ puli prodeant frequentes christianae perfectioni inhiantium, sive in ecclesiastico ordine, sive in sacris septis sibi conquirendae cum aliis communicandae; neque adeo rari sint qui ipsa sancti­ tatis ardua fastigia securo volatu contingant. [8] Ex quo fer­ venti vitae interioris studio sua quasi sponte illa plena soda­ lium apostolica institutio efflorescit novis semper variisque humanae consortionis necessitatibus adiunctisque accommodata, ut asserere minime ambigamus perfectum virum catholicum, qualem Sodalitas Mariana iam inde ab exordiis effingere con­ suevit, non minus congrue praeteritorum temporum necessita­ tibus convenire quam nostrorum, cum videlicet viris vita christiana solide instructis magis fortasse, quam olim, opus sit. [9] Quapropter ex hac Petri sede, veluti ex eminentissima universi orbis specula, tot christifidelium mirum ubique gentium studium religionis tuendae, vindicandae, provehendae conspi­ cientes, peculiari laude dignas Marialium Sodalitatum copias existimamus, quae inde ab origine tamquam sibi proprium legi­ 1 0 busque suis, apprime consonum opera apostolica quaecumque ab Ecclesia Matre commendata sacrisque Pastoribus ducibus, cum viritim tum coniunctim suscipienda proposuere. [10] Cui quidem muneri officioque quam bene satisfecerint quibusque religionis laetissimis incrementis, Romanorum Pontificum iterata praeconia disertissime declarant. Atque hac praesenti aetate tot calamitatibus exagitata, iucundissimo Nobis solacio est marianos sodales in quavis mundi plaga animo contemplari in omne genus apostolatus vires strenue efficaciterque intendere, sive in homi­ nibus cuiuslibet ordinis, adulescentibus praesertim atque artifi­ cibus, per Spiritualia Exercitia ad virtutem erigendis potiorisque christianae vitae desiderio incendendis, sive indigentium animi corporisque angustiis sublevandis, idque non solum privata quadam industria ac benevolae mentis propensione, sed etiam legibus in publicis Reipublicae consiliis atque ex ipso supremae potestatis vertice promovendis, evangelicis principiis ac sociali iustitiae congruentibus.
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