AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

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AEternvs ille cælestium was written by Pope Sixtus V as a would-be promulgation of his would-be 1590 (MDXC) Vulgate shown here.

The document, IMHO, makes the top five list for the most important documents on the relationship between Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium, that is, after 1) Sacrosancta and 2) Insuper of the Council of Trent, 3) Dei Filius of Vatican Council I and, 4) Dei Verbum of Vatican Council II.

AEternvs ille cælestium was, however, ditched for a good reason, only to be forgotten for everything else it contained, everything else which has been so desperately needed for the Counter-Reformation, which has hardly begun to begin to this day, precisely for this reason. In a sense, this is THE document of ecumenism, if that term is used to mean that everyone is to become Roman Catholic.

DRAMA: As far as I know, there are only two extant copies of this document, in different places, locked in vaults buried in a series of locked rooms. The rest were destroyed back in the 1500’s. If you are incredibly diligent, you will find a few Latin excerpts and a few translated sentences here and there, usually by disgruntled Protestants. I have not found more than this.

I photographed and transcribed this document by hand (with the aid of ferocious proof-readers). It needs to be translated if it is going to be of benefit to anyone. It is one of the key documents for the first volume of the Trilogy. Although this will only come up after the first handful of chapters (and then later during a trial), it is best to start this translation now. Let’s see how quickly we can go for the sake of the readers who do not know Latin (and for the sake of those who thought they knew Latin!).

Let’s translate this, the most Catholic sounding document I have ever read (TRIUMPHALISM par excellence). The Latin is a bit flowery, though it is magnificent. The teaching is clear. The effects of the document and the controversy surrounding it have been overwhelming for the Church, that is, inasmuch as all of this has been neglected. There is much riding on this. Try your hand. Consider it a WDTDocumentRS kind of an exercise in the spirit of WDTPRS.

Gracious readers are already helping to work on this project. If you would like to help, jump in at any time, either to refine a translation already done, or to start fresh with another one. Many hands make light work, and this is a work of love for the Church! These sentences have not yet received a final proofreading/editing, either for the Latin or the English. To make contributions, go to original postings using the links below. To critique a translation already made (presented below) use the comments box on this page.

Nota Bene: The sentence numbering has jumped up by two, so as to include the titles. There are, altogether, 67 sentences to this document.

01 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

SIXTVS EPISCOPVS
SERVVS SERVORVM DEI.

Sixtus, Bishop,
Servant of the Servants of God.

02 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Ad perpetuam rei memoriam.

Unto the perpetual memorial of things.

03 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

AEternvs ille cælestium, terrestriumq. rerum
omnium conditor, ac moderator Deus, Eccle-
siam sanctam, veluti deliciarum Paradisum, sua
ipsemet dextera, tamquam prouidus Agricola,
varijs plantis, stirpibusq. mirifice conseuit, si-
mulq. vberrimo sacrarum eandem scripturarum
fonte, pluribus quasi fluuijs, in vniuersum terra-
rum orbem diffuso, sic irrigauit, vt sancta my-
steria, oraculaq. diuina, quæ sacris continentur libris, sicut in cuncta-
rum gentium salutem parabantur, ita a tribus illis potissimum enun-
ciarentur linguis, quæ in omnium auribus nationum maxime percre-
buerunt, necnon sanctissimæ Crucis titulo consecratæ, Saluatoris no-
stri Regnum, Hebræis, Græcis, ac Latinis litteris prædicarunt.

God, the eternal creator and governor of all things heavenly and earthly, like a provident farmer, has, with his own right hand, wonderfully sown his holy Church with various plants and root-stocks, like a Paradise of delights, and at the same time, has so watered them from the most bounteous font of the holy scriptures, flowed forth throughout the entire world as from several rivers, that the holy mysteries and divine oracles, which are contained in these sacred books, just as they were prepared for the salvation of all peoples, are thus proclaimed most powerfully by three languages, which have grown exceedingly frequent in the ears of all nations, and are also consecrated by the Title of the most holy Cross, and now preach the Kingdom of our Saviour in Hebrew, Greek and Latin letters.

04 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Ve-
rum callidissimus, ac nequissimus humani generis hostis, cuius in-
uidia mortis aculeus, cuius superbia peccandi magisterium fuit, nul-
lum non mouit lapidem, vt cælestem diuini verbi sementem, quan-
tum in ipso erat, aut nascentem opprimeret, aut extirparet enatam,
aut adultam vitiaret : id vero præcipue omni conatu, ac machinatio-
ne tentauit, vt sacrorum quædam corruptissimæ Bibliorum editiones
prodirent, atque ita impietas sub pietatis figura delitesceret, ac populis
scoria pro argento, fel draconum pro vino, pro lacte sanies obtrudere-
tur.

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05 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Cumq. non in Hæreticis tantum, sed in Catholicis etiam quibusdam,
tametsi consilio dissimili, subortum sit nimium quoddam nec plane lau-
dabile studium, & quasi libido scripturas Latine interpretandi : idem
malorum omnium artifex Satanas per illos, licet nihil tale cogitantes,
ex hac ipsa tam incerta, ac multiplici versionum diuersitate & varie-
tate sumpta occasione, sic miscere omnia, atque in dubium reuocare,
&, si fieri posset, rem eò perducere contendit, vt, dum scriptura-
rum verbis diuersi interpretes aliam atque aliam formam, ac speciem
induunt, nihil in ijs certi, nihil rati, ac firmi, nulla denique inuiola-
bilis auctoritas sine magna difficultate reperiri posse videretur, ita
vt hoc sæculo valde timendum fuerit , ne in priscum illud editionum
[★ Chaos]
Chaos rediremus, de quo B. Hieronymus inquit: Apud Latinos tot
sunt exemplaria, quot Codices: & vnusquisque pro arbitrio suo addi-
dit, vel subtraxit, quod ei visum est; & vtique non potest verum esse,
quod dissonat.

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Itidemq. sanctus Augustinus dixit, Latinos scriptura-
rum interpretes nullo modo numerari posse

Likewise Saint Augustine said: the Latin translators of the Scriptures may in no way be counted.

07 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Vtenim (ait) cuique pri-
mis fidei temporibus in manus venit Codex Græcus, & aliquantulum
facultatis sibimet vtriusque linguæ habere videbatur, interpretari au-
sus est.

Indeed the Greek code came into the hands of some person in the first times of the Faith, and it was seen that with a small amount of ability of both languages he dared to translate it.

08 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quare huic morbo sacrosancta Tridentina Synodus mederi
cupiens statuit vt ex omnibus, quæ circumferuntur sacrorum librorum
Latinis editionibus, ipsa Vetus, ac Vulgata, quæ longo tot sæculorum
vsu in Ecclesia probata est editio, in publicis lectionibus, diputatio-
nibus, prædicationibus, & expositionibus pro authentica habeatur, &
nemo illam reijcere quouis prætextu audeat, vel præsumat.

Threfore, desiring to heal this disease, the Most Sacred Synod of Trent established that, from all who disseminate Latin editions of Sacred Books, this ancient and common edition, which is proven through long use in the Church through the centures, must be held to be authentic in public teaching, discussions, sermons, and let no one dare reject it for any pretext, or even presume [so to do].

09 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Hæc
autem Vulgata editio cum vna esset, varijs lectionibus in plures
quodam modo distracta videbatur.

And this common edition, although it is one whole, may be seen separated in different readings in multiple ways.

10 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quarum licet nonnullas, aut ve-
terum Codicum, aut sanctorum Patrum inuexisset auctoritas, plu-
rimæ nihilominus vel ex iniuria temporum, vel ex librariorum in-
curia, vel ex impressorum imperitia, vel ex temere emendantium li-
centia, vel ex recentiorum interpretum audacia, qui Ecclesiæ filij
cum sint, minus tamen Ecclesiæ Doctoribus, quàm Iudæorum Rab-
binis morem sibi gerendum putarunt: vel demum ex Hæreticorum
scholijs ad marginem, captiosisq. fallacijs obrepserant.

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Et, quamuis
in hac tanta lectionum varietate nihil hucusque repertum sit, quod fi-
dei, & morum causis tenebras offundere potuerit; verendum tamen
fuit, ne, crescente magis, ac magis in dies addendi, detrahendiq. te-
meritate, hæc probatissima scripturarum Editio, quam vinculum pa-
cis, fidei vnitatem, charitatis nexum, dissentientium consensionem,
certissimam in rebus dubijs normam esse oportebat, plerisque contra,
schismatis, & hæresis inductio, dubitationum fluctus, inuolutio quæ-
stionum, discordiarum seges, & piarum mentium implicatio multiplex
euaderet.

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12 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quod in septuaginta interpretum Græca editione beatus
Hieronymus, in Latina vero sanctus Augustinus olim accidisse comme-
morant.

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tanta autem labes ne adhuc vlterius serperet, sensimq. in Vul-
gatam editionem nostram manaret, sapienter eadem Oecumenica Sy-
nodus Tridentina decreuit vt hæc ipsa Vetus, & Vulgata editio posthac
quàm emendatissime imprimeretur.

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14 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Verum quia nihil profuisset huius
editionis auctoritatem grauissimo sanxisse decreto, si illius quæ germana
esset lectio nesciretur, sacerq. textus ita disputantium pateret arbitrio, vt
is, qui aduersus perfidum hostem, tamquam validissimus mucro distri-
ctus fuerat, idem & clypeus fieri posset, quo debilitati iam, cæsiq. hostis
latera tegerentur.

Even so, since nothing had been done to ratify the authority of this edition by a most weighty decree, so if there were anyone who was ignorant of the genuine reading, then the Sacred Text would be open to the judgement of those disputing, so that he, fighting against a faithless enemy, would have lost the strongest edge which would become a shield, for him who is already weakened, to cover his flanks from the blows of the enemy.

In other words:

Even so, since nothing had been done [since 8 April 1546] to ratify the authority of this edition [of the true, textual critical Vulgate as desired by Trent in the first dogmatic decree of the fourth session (Sacrosancta)] by a most weighty decree [which AEternus ille caelestium sets out to be], so if there were anyone who was ignorant of the genuine reading [of that decree of Trent (Sacrosancta)], then the Sacred Text would be open to the judgement of those disputing [a Catholic with one of the new Protestants], so that he [the Catholic], fighting against a faithless enemy [the Protestant], would have lost the strongest edge (of the sword) [as would be provided by a ratified decree of Trent], which would [have] become a shield for him who is already weakened [because of the standing non-ratification], to cover his flanks from the blows of the enemy.

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Id igitur nos indigne ferentes, eoq. indignius, quòd
per hosce iam vigniti duos annos, qui a dicto Tridentini Concilij decre-
[ to, ad]
to, ad nostri vsque Pontificatus exordium interfluxerant, licet huiusmo-
di opus aliquando coeptum fuerit, tamen ob alias fortasse occupationes
intermissum, nullumq. huic imminenti malo remedium adhibitum fue-
rat: ac propterea tanto impensiore cura ac studio id prosequendum cen-
sentes, quanto magis, & ab omnibus Dei Ecclesijs expetitur, & a syna-
gogis satanæ reformidatur; cum primùm ad Apostolicam B. Petri se-
dem diuina nos miseratio, meritis licet imparibus, euocauit; nihil tan-
dem antiquius habuimus, quàm vt primo quoque tempore, optatissi-
mam istam Vulgatæ editionis emendationem aggrederemur.

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Now already for 22 years which from the aforesaid decree of the council up to the beginning of our pontificate has passed by, although the work of this kind would at least be commenced. Yet perchance on account of other occupations having interrupted and no remedy had been used to cease this threatening evil and moreover so much greater care as well as study {Therefore shamefully We have patiently (been) putting up with it, and even more shamefully because by now, twenty years had passed, from the time the aforesaid decree of the council of Trent to the beginning of our Pontificate had passed by, even though work of [a] kind had commenced (been done) in some way, or perchance [because of] other occupations interrupting, and no remedy had been used to cure this threatening evil: and moreover with so much greater care as well as study, respecting opinions, so much the more as is desired by all the Churches of God, and is shunned by the Synagogue of Satan; when first He called us by the Divine Mercy to the Apostolic See of Peter, although with inferior merits; lest we had nothing more ancient than at the first possible moment that we might undertake the very best correction of this edition of the Vulgate.}

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Itaque
viros complures doctos, qui sanctarum Scripturarum, Sacræ Theolo-
giæ, multarumq. linguarum scientia, ac diuturno variarum rerum vsu,
acrique, cum aliquid discernendum est, iudicio, ac solertia præstarent,delegimus, ac simul congregauimus, vt in germana, sinceraq. sacri tex-
tus editione perquirenda, strenue laborarent, nobisq. adiumento fo-
rent.

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And so, We {chose and} gathered together a good number of learned men who are outstanding in the knowledge of Sacred Scripture, Holy Theology, and of many languages as well as in the {a} long use of different things, and eager in judgment, when something must be determined, so that they might work quickly with our assistance in making a diligent search for the true and genuine edition of the Sacred Text.

17 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Nos enim rei magnitudinem perpendentes, ac prouide consi-
derantes ex præcipuo, ac singulari Dei priuilegio, & ex vera, ac legi-
tima successione Apostolorum Principis B. Petri, pro quo Dominus
ac Redemptor noster, ab æterno Patre pro sua reuerentia procul du-
bio exauditus, non semel tantum, sed ter rogauit vt eius fides, non hu-
mana carne, & sanguine, sed eodem Patre inspirante ei reuelata, num-
quam deficeret: cui etiam Dominus iniunxit vt ceteros Apostolos in
eadem fide confirmaret: qui denique, sicuti confidimus, duinam pro
nobis opem usque ad consummationem sæculi, Ecclesiæ Catholicæ pro-
missam, implorare non cessat, ad nos in eiusdem Petri Cathedra, in
qua eius viuit potestas, & excellit auctoritas, Deo sic disponente con-
stitutos, totum hoc iudicium proprie, ac specialiter pertinere, Dei om-
nipotentis auxilio suppliciter inuocato, & ipsius Apostolorum Princi-
pis auctoritate confisi, ob publicam sanctæ Dei Ecclesiæ vtilitatem haud-
quaquam grauati sumus, inter alias Pontificiæ solicitudinis occupa-
tiones, hunc quoque non mediocrem accuratæ lucubrationis laborem
suscipere, atque ea omnia perlegere, quæ alij collegerant, aut senserant,
diuersarum lectionum rationes perpendere, sanctorum Doctorum
sententias recognoscere: quæ quibus anteferenda essent, dijudicare,
adeo, vt in hoc laboriosissimæ emendationis curriculo, in quo operam
quotidianam, eamq. pluribus horis collocandam duximus, aliorum qui-
dem labor fuerit in confulendo, noster autem in eo, quod ex pluribus
esset optimum, deligendo: ita tamen, vt Veterem multis in Ecclesia ab
hinc sæculis receptam lectionem omnino retinuerimus.

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{For We considering the magnitude of the matter, and prudently considering from the high rank and singular privilege of God, and from the true and legitimate succession of St. Peter, the Prince of Apostles, for whom, Our Lord and Redeemer, from the Eternal Father without a doubt on account of his reverence heard not once, but three times asked [Peter] so that his faith, revealed to him not by human flesh and blood but at the inspiration of the same Father, might never fail: to whom the Lord also joined the other Apostles so that he [Peter] might strengthen them in the same faith: who, just as we trust, does not cease to implore for us the divine assistance promised to the Catholic Church until the end of the world, to Us, in the Chair of that same Peter, in which his power lives and [his] authority excels, so God having arranged the ordinances, this whole judgement properly and especially to continue, [that] humbly having called upon God’s help, and [We having] confidence in the authority of the Prince of Apostles himself, on account of the public advantage of the Church of God We are not at all weighed down, among the other duties of the care of the Pontificate, and also to undertake the not indifferent task of exact working, at night (by lamplight) and to examine thoroughly all these things, which others might have gathered or might have supposed, to [have] weighed carefully the meanings (reasons) for the different readings, to examine the opinions of the Holy Doctors: which must be preferred by them, to determine, to this end, that in this discipline of most laborious correction, in which daily work, We have led the way by allocating several hours, [of work] but also the labour of others would be in consultation, but We in choosing it, because it would be the best to [chose] from many: so that yet We shall retain entirely [in the Vetus] in the Church the recieved reading from many centuries (ages) past.}

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Nouam interea Typographiam in Apostolico Vaticano Palatio nostro ad id potissi-
mum magnifice extruximus, atque ad eius curam, Congregationem
aliquot sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalium, & insigne Collegium
doctissimorum virorum fere ex omnibus Christiani orbis nationibus,
[ ★ 2 & cele-]
& celeberrimis studiorum Generalium vniuersitatibus, amplis, opu-
lentisq. redditibus dotatum deputauimus, vt in ea emendatum iam
Bibliorum volumen excuderetur: eaq. res quo magis incorrupte per-
ficeretur, nostra nos ipsi manu correximus, si qua prælo vitia obre-
pserant, &, quæ confusa, aut facile confundi posse videbantur, ea in-
teruallo scripturæ, ac maioribus notis, & interpunctione distinximus.

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Moreover We have set up {built with pride} a new printing press in our Apostolic Palace in {at} the Vatican, {to be the chief one, also for its management We have} and have allotted a Congregation of several {some} Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church and especially{also} a College of the most learned men from {almost} every Christian country in the world, and the most renown (famous) of the Generals of Studies in the Universities with sufficient and wealthy pay, …………………………

19 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Ceterum, nostri ne huius consilij, institutiq. rationes ignorentur, sed
potius vniuersæ Ecclesiæ Catholicæ, ipsiq. posteritati notissimæ, acte-
statissimæ relinquantur, cunctiq. facile intelligant, quisnam ordo in
hoc opere conficiendo , quæ lex, ac methodus inita, quæ indagandi
veri norma a nobis seruata sit: illud sane omnibus certum, atque ex-
ploratum esse volumus, nostros hos labores, ac vigilias, numquam eo
spectasse, vt noua editio in lucem exeat, sed vt Vulgata vetus ex Tri-
dentinæ Synodi præscripto, emendatissima, pristinæq. suæ puritati,
qualis primum ab ipsius interpretis manu, styloq. prodierat, quoad eius
fieri potest, restituta imprimatur.

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In hac autem germani textus per-
uestigatione, satis perspicue inter omnes constat, nullum argumentum
esse certius, ac firmius, quàm antiquorum, probatorumq. Codicum La-
tinorum fidem, quos tam impressos, quàm manusciptos, ex Bibliothe-
cis varijs conquirendos curauimus.

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In quacumque igitur lectione plures
vetustiores, atque emendatiores libri consentire reperti sunt, ea iure
optimo, tamquam primigenij textus verba, aut his maxime finitima,
retinenda decreuimus.

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Id vero ad germanam editionem constabilien-
dam, pæsidium sicubi desideratum est, tunc sanctorum Patrum, vete-
rumq. expositorum enarrationes, quibus diuersa scripturarum loca, &
libros illustrarunt, subsidio fuere: in quibus, quidquid e re nostra ob-
seruatum fuit, id in huius operis partem adscitum est.

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In ijs tandem,
quæ neque Codicum, neque Doctorum magna consensione satis mu-
nita videbantur, ad Hebræorum, Græcorumq. exemplaria duximus
confugiendum, non eò tamen, vt inde Latini interpretis errata corri-
gerentur, sed vt in eorum verborum locum, quæ, cum apud Latinos
ambigua sint, potuissent, quo non oporteret, inflecti, certum aliquid,
atque indubitatum sufficeretur, siue vt, quod apud nos variantibus Codi-
cibus inconstans, diuersum, ac multiplex erat, id vniforme, consonum,
vniusq. modi, ipsorum fontium veritate perspecta, sanciretur.

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Sapienter
enim B. Hieronymus in explanandis sacris scripturis Doctor maximus
admonebat, vt quemadmodum in nouo Testamento, si quando apud
Latinos quæstio exoritur, &est inter exemplaria varietas, ad fontem
Græci sermonis, quo nouum Testamentum est scripturm, recurri solet:
ita si quando inter Græcos, Latinosq. diuersitas est in veteri Testa-
mento, tunc ad Hebræam recurramus veritatem, vt quidquid de fon-
te proficiscitur, hoc quæramus in riuulis: quod etiam B. Augustinus
[ ijs, qui]
ijs, qui scripturam tractant, inter alias regulas tradidit.

For wisely did the greatest Doctor blessed Jerome advise, that in expounding the Sacred Scripture, how in the New Testament, if any question should arise about the Latin text and there is a difference among the codices, recourse should be made to the Greek words, in which the New Testament is written, but if there is a disagreement between the Greek and Latin of the Old Testament, let us then have recourse to the Hebrew, so that whatever proceeds from the fount we may find [it] also in the streams, for even blessed Augustine, among other rules [laid down these norms] for those who treat of the Scriptures.

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Laudabilem
itaque sanctorum Patrum consuetudinem religiose secuti sumus, dum
in ijs, quæ apud Latinos nimis ambigue dicta, seu variata habentur He-
brææ, Grææq. linguæ fidem, & Codices inspeximus; sed, ne id licen-
tius fieret quàm æquum erat, solers cautio adhibita fuit.

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Neque enim
ignoramus multos esse, qui plerasque Latinæ huius editionis voces, ac
locutiones, proprie, aut eleganter, aut perspicue, aut breuiter, aut
copiose magis, aut tamquam verbis ad verba demensis, a Latino inter-
prete verti potuisse existiment.

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Verum de his minuta nimium, & an-
gusta concertatio videtur: neque enim tanti sunt, vt non ijs & anti-
quioris Ecclesiæ religio, & sanctissimorum Patrum iure anteponantur
auctoritas: prorsusq. indignum est, Beato Gregorio teste, vt sub Donati
regulis verba cælestis oraculi restringantur: ac tanta per se est Vulgatæ
editionis auctoritas, tamq. excellens præstantia, vt maiorem desidera-
re, penitus inanae videatur.

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Qui namque in ea libri continentur (vt a
maioribus nostris quasi per manus traditum nobis est) retenti sunt
partim ex communi, & antiquissima quadam editione Latina, quam
sanctus Hieronymus Vulgatam editionem, B. Augustinus Italam, san-
ctus Gregorius Veterem translationem appellant, quam sanctus iti-
dem Augustinus ceteris, quæ tunc plurimæ in vsu erant, etiam præfe-
rendam censuit, quòd esset verborum tenacior cum perspicuitate sen-
tentiæ; partim ex sancti Hieronymi translatione adsciti fuere, quibus
idcirco quantus honor deferendus fit, is facile intelligit, qui eorum In-
terpretis dignitatem agnoscit.

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Fuit enim sanctus Hieronymus (vt in-
ter ceteros idem B. Augustinus testatur) Græco, Latino, & Hebræo
eruditus eloquio, & ex occidentali ad orientalem transiens Ecclesiam,
in locis sanctis, litterisq. sacris, ad descrepitam vsque vixit ætatem:
atque omnes, qui ante illum ex vtraque orbis parte de doctrina Eccle-
siastica scripserant, pene vidit, aut legit: eumq. non modo Augustinus,
Chromatius, Paulinus, ceteriq. sanctissimi Episcopi, sed etiam Dama-
sus Pontifex Romanus, de scripturarum locis consulebant.

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Nec im-
merito tantam apud omnes nominis celebritatem in sanctarum præ-
sertim scripturarum scientia, adeptus fuerat.

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31 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Cum ad eam consequen-
dam, nullis vigilijs, nullis peregrinationibus pepercerit, & doctissimos
quosque in Gallia audiuerit: Constantinopoli Gregorium Nazianze-
num, Alexandriæ Didymum, & alios alibi conquisiuerit, vsus denique
clarissimis Hebrææ linguæ Magistris: non enim vno aliquo Doctore
contentus fuit, sed plurimos, eosq. eruditissimos adhibebat: non rerum
modo, verum etiam nominum sedulus indagator.

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32 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quinimmo & lo-
ca ipsa, quæ in scripturis sæpe commemorantur, inspexit, idq. ad in-
telligentiam scripturarum summopere sibi prosuisse testatur.

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33 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quicum-
que igitur tanti Interpretis sanctitatem, ingenium, eruditionem, so-
[ ★ 3 lertiam,]
lertiam, Magistros, labores, illud in quo vixit sæculum, cum lingua-
rum omnium, ac præsertim Hebrææ studia florerent, diligenter spe-
ctauerint; facile iudicium damnabunt eorum, qui aut tam eximij Do-
ctoris lucubrationibus non acquiescunt, aut etiam meliora, seu paria
præstare se posse confidunt.

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34 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Multo sane rectius sanctus Isidorus, ve-
nerabilis Beda Presbyter, sanctus Remigius, Alcuinus, Fortunatus,
Rabanus Maurus, sanctus Anselmus, B. Bernardus, Haymo, Richar-
dus, & Hugo Victorini, Petrus Cluniacensis, Rupertus Abbas, alijq.
complures egregij Doctores, qui per mille abhinc annos in Ecclesia cla-
ruerunt, qui Hieronymi versione ita in omnibus disputationibus, enar-
rationibus, declamationibus vsi sunt, vt ceteræ, quæ pene innumera-
biles erant, quasi lapsæ de Catholicorum Patrum manibus obsoleue-
rint.

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35 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Ideoq. legimus apud sanctum Isidorum, quoniam de Hebræo in
Latinum eloquium sanctus tantummodo Hieronymus sacras scriptu-
ras conuertit, eius Editione generaliter omnes Ecclesias vsquequaque
vti, eo quòd veracior est in sententijs, & clarior in verbis.

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36 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Et ante Isi-
dorum B. Gregorius Magnus fere idem senserat.

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37 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Nec Latini modo Pa-
tres, sed Hebræi quoque, Græciq. cum Latinos alios interpretes negli-
gant, aut ignorent, Hieronymum tamen amplissimo suo testimonio, &
honore dignum esse censuerunt.

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38 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Nam de Hebræis idem Augustinus:
De Græcis autem ipsemet sanctus Hieronymus scribit, a Sophronio
viro optime erudito Psalterium, & Prophetas, quos Hieronymus ex
Hebræo in Latinum verterat, in Græcum eleganti sermone translatos
fuisse.

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39 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quemadmodum ergo laudabile est, vbicumque nostri Codices
ipsi per se aut conciliari, aut intelligi non possunt, linguarum exter-
narum præsidia quærere; ita, cum id necessarium non est, leuissimis
de causis maiorum nostrorum sanctitatem, sapientiam, consensum,
vetustissimamq. Ecclesiæ consuetudinem non vereri, temeritas plane,
pertinaciaq. censenda est.

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40 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Atque idcirco B. Hieronymus, qui Hebræos,
Græcosq. interrogandos esse dubijs in rebus admonet; idem etiam sen-
tit, eo non nisi parce, & quanto rarius fieri potest (ne, quæ longo re-
cepta sunt vsu, fluctuent) recurrendum.

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41 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Qua de causa, ad noui Te-
stamenti translationem, quamuis hortante Damaso Pontifice, tardior
fuit, pium appellans laborem, sed periculosam præsumptionem iudi-
care de ceteris, ipsum ab omnibus iudicandum, senis mutare linquam,
& canescentem iam mundum ad initia retrahere paruulorum.

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42 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quis
enim doctus pariter, vel indoctus, cum in manus volumen sumpserit,
& a faliua, quam semel imbibit, viderit discrepare quod lectitat, non
statim erumpat in vocem, falsarium illum clamitans, & sacrilegum,
qui audeat in veteribus litteris addere, mutare, corrigere? Notissi-
mumq. est illud de Ionæ cucurbita, quæ in Veteri editione legebatur;
pro qua cum Hieronymus hederam posuisset, quodam in Africa Epi-
[ scopo]
scopo interpretationem Hieronymi in Ecclesia lectitante, factus est
tantus tumultus in plebe propter vnius verbi dissonantiam, vt coa-
ctus sit Episcopus, ne sacerdotio deijceretur, damnare quod legerat.

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43 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quare merito sacra Tridentina Synodus veteris Vulgatæ editionis li-
bros non aliter, quàm prout in Ecclesia legi consueuerunt, pro ca-
nonicis suscipiendos decreuit.

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44 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Nos autem vt hæc Vetus editio, quæ
nunc prodit nostro excusa prælo, eiusdem Synodi præscripto modis
omnibus responderet, non solum veteres, & ab Ecclesia receptos lo-
quendi modos conseruauimus, sed etiam apocrypha reiecimus, au-
thentica retinuimus.

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45 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Nam tertium, & quartum Esdræ libros inscri-
ptos, & tertium Machabæorum, quos Synodus inter canonicos non
annumerat, assentientibus etiam in hoc prædictis Cardinalibus Con-
gregationis super Typographia Vaticana deputatæ, ab hac Editione
prorsus explosimus.

For those books called Third and Fourth Esdras, and the Third Book of Machabees, which the Synod [the Council of Trent] did not number among the canonical [Books], also with the agreement, in this matter, of the aforesaid Cardinals of the Congregation appointed to the Vatican Press, We have rejected absolutely from this Edition.

46 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Orationem etiam Manassæ, quæ neque in He-
bræo, neque in Græco textu est, neque in antiquioribus manuscriptis
Latinis exemplaribus reperitur; sed in impressis tantum post librum
secundum Paralipomenon affixa est, tamquam insutam, adiectam, &
in textu sacrorum librorum locum non habentem,repudiauimus.

Also the Prayer of Manasses, which is in neither the Hebrew nor the Greek text nor is it to be found in the more ancient exemplars of Latin manuscripts, but it is placed in many printed books after the Second Book of Paralipomenon, We have rejected these as insertions and additions and not having a place in the text of the Sacred Books.

47 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Nonnullas etiam aliquando sententias, quæ aliunde accersitæ, Vulga-
tæ editioni interpositæ erant, neque in antiquis exemplaribus, neque
in sanctorum Patrum Commentarijs inueniebantur, deleuimus.

Also some other sentences which, transposed from another place, have been interpolated in the Vulgate edition, being found neither in the ancient exemplars nor in the Commentaries of the Holy Fathers, we have deleted.

48 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Hanc
denique Editionem a varijs, qui vitio multorum irrepserant, erroribus
accurate emendauimus, & purgauimus, atque in pristinam veritatem
summa diligentia restituimus.

Finally this Edition from various errors, which by the fault of many [copyists] had
crept in, We have accurately corrected and purged, also with the utmost diligence We have restored to pristine truth.

49 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Neque vero est quòd quispiam miretur,
si aliqua sacræ scripturæ loca aliter in sanctis quibusdam Doctoribus le-
gerit, quàm in hac Editione conscripta sunt.

Nor should anyone wonder that some places of Holy Scripture read by the Holy Doctors are different from what has been written in this Edition.

50 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Nam Ambrosius, Augu-
stinus, & alij plurimi septuaginta Interpretum editionem plerumque
secuti fuerunt.

Because Ambrose, Augustine and very many others have frequently followed the edition of the Septuagint translators.

51 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Ad laudem igitur, & gloriam omnipotentis Dei, Ca-
tholicæ fidei conseruationem, & incrementum, ac sacrosanctæ vni-
uersalis Ecclesiæ vtilitatem, hac nostra perpetuo valitura Constitutio-
ne, de eorumdem venerabilium Fratrum nostrorum S. R. E. Car-
dinalium super Typographia Vaticana deputatorum consilio,& as-
sensu, quorum opera, & industria, in hac ipsa Vulgatæ editionis emen-
datione, in rebus præsertim grauioribus vsi sumus, & ex certa nostra
scientia, deq. Apostolicæ potestatis plenitudine statuimus, ac declara-
mus, eam Vulgatam sacræ, tam veteris, quàm noui Testamenti paginæ
Latinam editionem, quæ pro authentica a Concilio Tridentino rece-
pta est, sine vlla dubitatione, aut controuersia censendam esse hanc
ipsam, quam nunc, prout optime fieri potuit, emendatam, & in Vati-
cana Typographia impressam, in vniuersa Christiana Republica, atque
in omnibus Christiani orbis Ecclesijs legendam euulgamus, decernen-
tes, eam prius quidem vniuersali sanctæ Ecclesiæ, ac sanctorum Patrum
[ consen-]
consensione, deinde vero Generalis Concilij Tridentini decreto, nunc
demum etiam Apostolica nobis a Domino tradita auctoritate compro-
batam, pro vera, legitima, authentica, & indubitata, in omnibus pu-
blicis, priuatisq. disputationibus, lectionibus, prædicationibus, & ex-
planationibus recipiendam, & tenendam esse.

And therefore for the praise and glory of Almighty God, for the conservation and increase of the Catholic Faith, and for the use of the Most Holy Universal Church, by this, Our perpetually valid Constitution, with the advice and approbation of those same venerable Brothers of Ours, the College of Cardinals appointed over Vatican Press, whose labours and industry in the correction of this Vulgate Edition and especially in more serious matters We have availed Ourselves. And so, from the fullness of Apostolic power We establish and declare that Latin Vulgate edition of the Sacred Pages, both Old and New Testaments, which was received by the Council of Trent as authentic, without any doubt, or controversy, is resolved to be this same one, which now, just as it is best able to be done, corrected and printed by the Vatican Press We publish to be read in every Christian country and in all the Churches of the Christian world could become the very best, having determined it to be previously confirmed by the universal agreement of Holy Church and the Holy Fathers, and then by the true Decree of the General Council of Trent, and at last, by the Apostolic authority, given to us by God, as true, legitimate, authentic, and indubitable, to be received and held in all public and private disputations, readings, preachings, and explanations.

52 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Districtius vero inhibe-
mus, ne vmquam perpetuis futuris temporibus, nouæ Vulgatæ editio-
nis posthac Bibliorum sine expressa Apostolicæ Sedis licentia textus
imprimatur: neve quisquam priuato, aut peculiari suo sensu aliam edi-
tionem sibi confingere, neve hanc ipsam veterem Vulgatam a nobis,
vt præsertur, restitutam editionem, intra decem annos a Dat. præ-
sentium numerandos, tam citra, quàm vltra montes, alibi, quàm in
nostra Typographia Vaticana, imprimere audeat, vel præsumat.

More strictly We forbid even in some future time [that] this new Vulgate Edition of the Bible be printed without the express permission of the Apostolic See by anyone privately, neither in his own language to print another Edition for himself nor this Old Vulgate Edition restored by Us, within ten years numbered from the present date, either this side or the other side of the mountains, elsewhere, should he dare or presume to print other than with our Vatican Press.

53 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Ela-
pso autem præfato decennio, eam cautionem adhiberi præcipimus, vt
nemo sanctas scripturas typis mandare præsumat, nisi habito prius
exemplari in Typographia Vaticana excuso, eodemq. Inquisitoris hæ-
reticæ prauitatis eius Prouinciæ, vel, si Inquisitor in ea Prouincia non
sit deputatus, Episcopi eiusdem loci manu propria subscripto, iuxta il-
lud, ne minima quidem particula mutata, addita, vel detracta.

The aforesaid ten years having elapsed We order care be applied so that no one presume to put into print the Holy Scriptures without an exemplar from the Vatican Press, and likewise an Inquisitor of depraved heresy in his Province, or, if an Inquisitor has not been appointed, then the Bishop of that place, should write in his own hand that according to it not even the smallest part has anything been changed, added, or deleted.

54 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Post-
quam vero libri sacri sic fideliter excusi fuerint, nec tunc quidem ven-
dantur, aut euulgentur, nisi prius delato rursus ad Inquisitorem, vel,
deficiente Inquisitore, ad Episcopum exemplari ab eis antea subscripto,
ijdem libri iuxta illud impressi, cum eo diligenter, & accurate collati,
& Inquisitoris, vel in euentum prædictum, Episcopi signo, aut chiro-
grapho quòd inter se prorsus concordent fidem faciente, & attestan-
te, approbati extiterint.

Afterwards however the Sacred Books will have been exempted, they may not be published or sold unless first of all it is taken again to the Inquisitor or in default of the Inquisitor to the Bishop by whom they were signed before, the same books printed in accordance with it [the copy from Vatican Press] when it has been carefully and accurately collated and, with the Inquisitor, or in the forseen circumstance, the Bishop, by his seal, or in his handwritting, attesting that it agrees with the original.

55 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Verum, quoniam ex varijs, quæ hactenus ad
marginem adscribi consueuerant, lectionibus, illud sequitur incommo-
di, ac molestiæ, quòd, cum primum huiusmodi varietas oculis obijcitur,
lectoris animum ab eo, quod tunc instat agendum, auocat, illumq. alieno
plane tempore ad ea, quæ in Codicibus dissonant, inter se conferenda
traducit, nec facile est in tanta lectionum multiplicitate scripturas inof-
fenso pede percurrere, & ea quasi silua diuersitatis oblata, quæ quibus
præponenda sint, internoscere; Nos optimum factu, pijsq. omnibus
gratum fore arbitrati, vt Ecclesiæ filij ab his perplexitatibus, eiusdem
Ecclesiæ iudicio, liberentur, vtq. eos, quibus vnum baptisma, vna fides,
vna spes vocationis est, dissentiens non diuidat lectio scripturarum,
quarum potissimum indifferens consensio eos debuit in vnitatem spi-
ritus copulare; Auctoritate, & tenore præmissis mandamus, vt Vulga-
tæ editionis Biblia posthac nonnisi vniformia imprimantur, nec aliquid
a textu diuersum in margine scribatur.

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56 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quæ vero antehac quibus-
cumque in locis impressa sunt, iuxta hunc nostrum textum ad verbum,
& ad litteram corrigantur.

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57 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Idq. tam in impressis, quàm in impri-
mendis Missalibus, Breuiarijs, Officijs Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Psal-
[ terijs,]
terijs, Ritualibus, Pontificalibus, Ceremonialibus, & alijs Ecclesia-
sticis libris, quoad eas tantum scripturæ lectiones, & verba, quæ ex
Vulgata editione sumpta, atque in eisdem libris inserta suisse constat;
vbique seruetur.

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58 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Si quis autem Typographus in quibuscumque Re-
gnis, Ciuitatibus, Prouincijs, & locis tam nostræ, & S. R. E. ditioni
in temporalibus subiectis, quàm non subiectis, Biblia, sacramq. Scri-
pturam intra decennium prædictum quoquo modo; lapso autem de-
cennio aliter quàm iuxta huiusmodi exemplar ab Inquisitore, seu, in
eius defectum, ab Episcopo sibi tradendum, etiam minima aliqua par-
ticula mutata, addita, vel detracta, aut ad marginem, vel in textu ad-
scripta, etiam per modum scholiorum, annotationum, vel glossæ, typis
mandare, aut sic quidem impressos codices, & emendatos, sine tamen
dicto signo, & attestatione, quòd cum priori exemplari, sibi, vt præser-
tur, tradito concordent, vendere, venales habere, aut aliàs edere, vel
euulgare; aut, si quis Bibliopola a se, vel ab alijs quibusuis, etiam ad
hanc vsque diem, vel in futurum, ante vel post Datam præsentium
litterarum impressos libros, seu imprimendos, a præfata per nos re-
stituta, & correcta Editione in aliquo discrepantes, vel iuxta eam ad
vnguem non emendatos, ac simili Inquisitoris, seu Episcopi subscri-
ptione non approbatos, seu cum additionibus, aut varijs lectionibus
ad marginem conscriptis excusos, pariter vendere, venales proponere,
vel euulgare præsumpserit; is, qui in supradictis casibus, siue eorum
quolibet nostræ huic Constitutioni non paruerit, vltra amissionem om-
nium librorum, & alias temporales, arbitrio infligendas poenas, etiam
maioris excommunicationis sententiam eo ipso incurret, a qua, nisi in
mortis articulo constitutus, ab alio, quàm pro tempore existente Roma-
no Pontifice, absolui non possit.

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59 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quòd si Inquisitor, aut Episcopus aliud
exemplar ab eo, quod in Vaticana Typographia impressum est, quoquo
modo discordans Typographo ad imprimendum tradiderit, vel im-
pressum suo signo, aut subscriptione approbauerit, quod reuera ab eo
discordet; in eum, si Antistes fuerit, etiamsi Archiepiscopali, Primatia-
li, Patriarchali, vel alia maiori præfulgeat dignitate, interdicti ingres-
sus Ecclesiæ; si autem inferior, excommunicationis sententiam ipso fa-
cto incurrendam ex nunc per præsentes serimus, ita vt ab alio, quàm
a Romano Pontifice absolutionis, aut relaxationis beneficium consequi
nequeat.

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60 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Et nihilominus tam Inquisitor, seu Episcopus ipse, qui huius-
modi libros a præfata impressione Vaticana differentes approbauerit,
quàm etiam Typographus, seu Bibliopola, qui nostris superius expres-
sis præceptis, ac prohibitionibus in aliquo non obtemperauerit, in con-
gregatione Cardinalium sanctæ Romanæ, & vniuersalis Inquisitionis
aduersus hæreticam prauitatem pro tempore deputatorum, seu coram
Iudice, vel Iudicibus ab eadem Congregatione delegatis, de huiusmodi
[ facto]
facto in districto iudicio rationem reddere teneatur, ac pro modo culpæ
seueris poenis eiusdem Congregationis, seu Iudicis, vel Iudicum ab ea de-putandorum arbitrio puniatur.

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61 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Certerum, si manuscripta, vel impres-
sa Biblia huius etiam Vulgatæ editionis, ob characterum venustatem,
seu ob aliquod insigne Codicis ornamentum, siue ob impressionis præ-
stantiam, vel ob notationes ad marginem scriptas afferuãtur, & iuxta
nostrum hoc exemplar emendata non fuerint, ea in ijs, quæ huic no-
stræ Editioni non consenserint, nullam in posterum fidem, nullamq.
auctoritatem habitura esse decernimus, ac declaramus: Mandantes vni-
uersis, & singulis Patriarchis, Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, ceterisq. Eccle-
siarum, & locorum etiam Regularium Prælatis, per vniuersum orbem
constitutis, vt præsentem Constitutionem in suis quisque Ecclesijs, Pro-
uincijs, Ciuitatibus, Dioecesibus, & iurisdictionisbus curent perpetuo,
firmiter, & inuiolate ab omnibus obseruari, contradictores, & ino-
bedientes per censuras Ecclesiasticas, aliaq. opportuna iuris, & facti
remedia, appellatione postposita, compescendo, inuocato etiam ad hoc,
si opus fuerit, auxilio brachij sæcularis, non obstantibus constitutio-
nibus, & ordinationibus Apostolicis, atque in Generalibus, Prouincia-
libus, vel Synodalibus Concilijs editis, necnon quarumcumque Eccle-
siarum, Ordinum, Congregationum, Collegiorum, atque Vniuersita-
tum, etiam Studiorum Generalium , iuramento, confirmatione Apo-
stolica, vel quauis firmitate alia roboratis, statutis, & consuetudinibus,
etiam ab immemorabili tempore pacifice obseruatis, Priuilegijs quo-
que, Indultis, & litteris Apostolicis, illis,eorumq. vel earum Præla-
tis, Superioribus, & personis per quoscumque Romanos Pontifices,
Prædecessores nostros, ac nos, & Sedem prædictam motu proprio,
& ex certa scientia, deq. Apostolicæ potestatis plenitudine, & aliàs
sub quibuscumque tenoribus, & formis, & cum quibusuis etiam derogato-
riarum derogatorijs, alijsq. efficacioribus, & insolitis clausulis, irritan-
tibusq. & alijs decretis in genere, vel in specie quomodolibet conces-
sis, & sæpius approbatis, & innouatis.

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62 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Quibus omnibus, & singulis,
etiamsi in eis caueatur expresse, quod illis nullatenus, aut nonnisi de
consensu certarum personarum, vel nisi sub certis modo & forma
inibi expressis, derogari possit, & aliàs factæ derogationes nullæ sint
eo ipso, ac pro illorum sufficienti derogatione, de illis, eorumq. totis
tenoribus, specialis, specifica, & expressa mentio habenda, seu quæuis
alia exquisita forma ad hoc seruanda foret.

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63 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Tenores pro
expressis habentes ad effectum præsentium dumtaxat, derogamus,
ac nolumus illa cuiquam aduersus præmissa in aliquo suffragari; aut,
si aliquibus communiter, vel diuisim ab Apostolica sit Sede indultum
quòd interdici, suspendi, vel excommunicari non possint per litteras
Apostolicas, non facientes plenam, & expressam, ac de verbo ad ver-
[ bum]
bum de Indulto huisusmodi mentionem.

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64 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Volumus autem præsentes
litteras in valuis Basilicæ Lateranensis, ac Principis Apostolorum de
Vrbe, & Cancellariæ Apostolicæ de more publicari, & intra quat-
tuor menses, eos, qui citra montes sunt, qui vero vltra montes, intra
octo menses a die publicationis huiusmodi numerandos, perinde ar-
ctare, & afficere, ac si eorum cuilibet personaliter intimatæ suissent:
Decernentes vt earum transumptis, etiam impressis, Notarij publici
manu subscriptis, ac sigillo Prælati Ecclesiastici obsignais, eadem vbi-
que habeatur fides, quæ ipsis originalibus exhibitis, vel ostensis habe-
retur.

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65 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Nulli ergo omnino hominum liceat hanc paginam nostri sta-
tuti, declarationis, decretorum, voluntatum, prohibitionis, & deroga-
tionis infringere, vel ei ausu temerario contraire.

May no man presume to infringe upon, or by his daring temerity, go against this page of our statute, declaration, decree, will, prohibition, and derogation.

66 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Si quis autem hoc
attentare præsumpserit, indignationem Omnipotentis Dei, ac Bea-
torum Petri, & Pauli Apostolorum eius se nouerit incursurum.

If anyone, however, presumes to attack this, he will himself know the incurring of the indignation of Almighty God, and of His Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul.

67 AETERNUS ILLE CAELESTIUM

Dat. Romæ apud sanctam Mariam Maiorem, Anno incarnationis
Dominicæ M. D. Lxxxviiii. Kalendis Martij, Pontifica-
tus nostri anno Quinto.

Given in Rome at [the basilica of] Saint Mary Major, in the year of the Incarnation of our Lord, 1589, the kalends of march [1 march], in the fifth year of our pontificate.

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