211III. DECRETUM PII IX. DE IMMACULATA CONCEPTIONE BEATÆ VIRGINIS MARIÆ.
The Decree of Pope Pius IX. on the
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
[The Latin text from the Bull 'Ineffabilis Deus,' in which Pope Pius IX.
promulgated to the Roman Catholic world the definition of the Immaculate Conception
of the Virgin Mary, as read before an assembly of Cardinals and Bishops in St. Peter's,
Dec. 8, 1864. See Vol. I. §§ 28 and 29, pp. 109 sqq.]
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Postquam nunquam intermisimus, in humilitate et jejunio
privatas nostras et publicas Ecclesiæ preces Deo Patri per Filium Ejus offerre,
ut Spiritus Sancti virtute mentem nostram dirigere et confirmare dignaretur,
implorato universæ cœlestis curiæ præsidio, et advocato cum genitibus Paraclito
Spiritu, eoque sic adspirante, ad honorem Sanctæ et Individuæ Trinitatis, ad
decus et ornamentum Virginis Deiparæ, ad exaltationem Fidei Catholicæ et Christianæ
Religionis augmentum, auctoritate Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, beatorum apostolorum
Petri et Pauli ac nostra declaramus, pronunciamus et definimus
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Since we have
never ceased in humility and fasting to offer up our prayers and those of the
Church to God the Father through his Son, that he might deign to direct and
confirm our mind by the power of the Holy Ghost, after imploring the protection
of the whole celestial court, and after invoking on our knees the Holy Ghost
the Paraclete, under his inspiration WE
PRONOUNCE, DECLARE, AND DEFINE, unto the glory of the Holy and Indivisible
Trinity, the honor and ornament of the holy Virgin the Mother of God, for the
exaltation of the Catholic faith and the increase of the Christian religion,
by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ and the blessed Apostles Peter and
Paul, and in our own authority, that The
Doctrine which holds the Blessed Virgin Mary to have been, from the first instant
of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, in view
of the merits of Christ Jesus the Saviour of mankind,
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Doctrinam, quæ tenet,
beatissimam Virginem Mariam in primo instanti suæ Conceptionis fuisse singulari
omnipotentis Dei gratiæ privilegio, intuitu meritorum Christi Jesu Salvatoris
humani generis, ab omni originalis
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culpæ labe præservatam
immunem, esse a Deo revelatam, adque idcirco ab omnibus fidelibus firmiter constanterque
credendam.
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preserved free from all stain of original
sin, was revealed by God, and is, therefore, to be firmly and constantly believed
by all the faithful. Therefore, if some should presume to think in their
hearts otherwise than we have defined (which God forbid), they shall know and
thoroughly understand that they are by their own judgment condemned, have made
shipwreck concerning the faith, and fallen away from the unity of the Church;
and, moreover, that they, by this very act, subject themselves to the penalties
ordained by law, if, by word or writing, or any other external means, they dare
to signify what they think in their hearts. |
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Quapropter si qui secus ac a nobis definitum est, quod
Deus avertat, præsumpserint corde sentire, ii noverint, ac porro sciant, se
proprio judicio condemnatos, nanfragium circa filem passos esse, et ab unitate
Ecclesiæ defecisse, ac præterea facto ipso suo semet pœnis a jure statutis subjicere
si quod corde sentiunt, verbo aut scripto vel alio quovis externo modo signiftcare
ausi fuerint.
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