God, upon the earth,) weighing the necessities and the good of the churches, unbinds not by a human, but rather by a divine authority. The vicegerent of the true God.] Whence he is said to possess a divine judgment." And therefore he even changes the nature of things, and may make something out of nothing, (to make something out of nothing is to construct new laws), and he can do these things, because his will stands for reason, for he can dispense with holy laws, and he also can convert righteousness into unrighteousness by converting and changing ordinances. Bellarmine on the Authority of ·Councils, book 2, chap. 17. (Printed at Ingolstadt, 1590.) All the names which are given in the Scriptures to Christ, whence it appears that he is superior to the church, all these same names are given to the pope. Titles of the Popes as set forth by Cardinal Bellarmine in his Treatise on the Roman Pontiff, book 2, ch. 31. (Edition as above.) Pope; father of fathers; the pontiff of Christians; high-priest; the prince of priests; the vicar of Christ; the head of the body, that is, of the church; the foundation of the building of the church; the father and doctor of all the faithful; the ruler of the house of God; the keeper of God's vineyard; the bridegroom of the church; the ruler Extract from a Speech made by Baltassar del Rio, a Scholastic of Mentese, prothonotary of the Apostolic See, &c. Like the lion, the king of quadrupeds, you another lion, not another king of men only, but appointed the king of kings, and the monarch of the whole earth, would bring back, allure, and recal to your fold other sheep, which are not of this fold; "Gird thyself, therefore, with thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty." Extract from a Speech made by Speech made by the Rev. Father, the Lord Anthony Pucci in the 9th Session of the 5th Council of Lateran, an. Dom. 1514, before Leo 10. Although the sight of your divine majesty does not a little terrify me, who am beginning to speak. (Again)-Not ignorant that all power both in heaven and in earth is given to you only by the Lord. (And again) As if that prophetical saying ought again to be fulfilled in you, the only true and lawful vicar of Christ and God, "All the kings of the earth shall worship him, and all nations shall serve him." Extract from a Speech made by Stephen Archbishop of Patras. Sess. 10. an. 1515. Leo 10.* At thy command, O most holy father, who hast in thee the fulness of power, a true reformation shall be preached. * • These extracts are very important, forasmuch as the speeches were delivered a few years only before Luther and the Reformers proclaimed the Pope to be the Man of Sin. Snatch up, therefore, the two edged sword of the divine power, which is given to thee, and order, command, and decree, that an universal peace and alliance take place among Christians for the space of ten years at least, and bind the kings to it in the fetters of the greatness of the great King, and bind the nobles to it in the iron manacles of thy censures, since all power is given to thee in heaven and earth. gladium divine potestatis tibi traditum bis acutum, et jube, impera, et manda, ut pax universalis et colligatio per decennios in Christianos ad minus fiat, et reges ad id in compedibus magnitudinis magni regis, et nobiles in manicis ferreis censurarum constringe, quoniam tibi data est omnis potestas in cœlo et in terrâ. The Account of the Inauguration of Pope Alexander 6th, On the eleventh day of August 1492, Roderigo having assumed the name of Alexander 6th, made his entrance as supreme pontiff, into the church of St. Peter. The ceremonies and processions on this occasion exceeded in pomp and expense all that modern Rome had before witnessed: and whilst the new pontiff passed through the triumphal arches erected to his honour, he might have read the inscriptions, which augured the return of the golden age, and hailed him as a God. Of these the following one may serve as a sufficient specimen. Rome was great under Cæsar, but now she is greatest, Alexander the 6th reigns, the former was a man, the latter is a God.Corio, Storia di Milano, par. 7, p. 888. Gratian's Decretals, &c. (printed at Turin, 1620.) First part of the Decretal, distinction 96. Pope Nicolas in his Letter to the Emperor Michael. Chap. 7. It may very evidently be shown, Cæsare magna fuit, nunc Roma est maxima, Sextus regnat Alexander, Ille vir, iste Deus. Decretum Gratiani, &c. Decreti prima pars, Nicolaus Papa in Epistola ad Cap. 7. Satis evidenter ostenditur, a that the pope, who as we have already related was called God by Prince Constantine, can neither be bound nor released by the secular authorities, for it is manifest that God cannot be judged by men. Adoration of Pope Pius 2. The pope was conducted to the church of St. Peter, and after being elevated on the great altar, at the foot of which are the tombs of the holy apostles, he sat upon the throne that was prepared for him, and was there adored by the cardinals, afterwards by the bishops, and lastly by the whole people, who crowded to kiss his feet.-Fleury's Eccles. History, tom. 15, book 3. (Printed at Nismes, 1779.) seculari potestate nec ligari prorsus, nec solvi posse pontificem, quem constat a pio principe Constantino (quod longè superius memoravimus) Deum appellatum, nec posse Deum ab hominibus judicari manifestum est. Le pape fut conduit dans l'eglise de St. Pierre, et après être montè sur le grand autel, aux pieds duquel sont les tombeaux des saints apôtres, il s'assit sur le trône qu'on lui avoit preparè, et y fut adoré des cardinaux, ensuite des evêques, et enfin de tout le peuple, qui vint en foule lui baiser les pieds.-Histoire Eccles. de Fleury, tom. 15, liv. 3. (A Nismes, 1779.) (From the Morning Herald of October 28, 1829.) Mr. Editor-The following extracts from a friend just returned from Rome will be read with considerable interest, and as I know of no paper that will give it so respectable and wide a circulation as the Morning Herald, I shall be greatly obliged by your inserting it. "We were resident at Rome during the time of the present pope's election ; we were present at the adoration of the pope, which took place in the following manner :-The day after the breaking up of the conclave, having left the pontifical palace, he proceeded to St. Peter's. Arriving at the front entrance, he was carried on men's shoulders to the grand altar, situated in the section of the cross, in the form of which the upper end of St. Peter's is built. He was seated upon it, in the place of the host, which is commonly, among those of the Romish church, supposed to represent the presence of the Deity, and thus fully exemplifying those words of the apostle, when speaking of the man of sin" He as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God."" The man of sin was first fully developed in the person of Hilde |