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...by the commission mentioned above. Herein ten rules are laid down, of which the fourth reads thus: "Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience that if the Holy Bible, nacular are to be permitted as have been approved by the apostolic see or are edited with annotations,"...

...excepted; and the text of his editions is not to be considered as the text of the Vulgate edition. if the Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue,...men will cause more evil than good to arise from it, this matter is referred to the judgment of the bishops, or inquisitors, who may, by the advice of the...

...Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to every one, the rashness of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it." Accordingly they condemn ita use, and do everything in their power to prevent people from reading it....

...been expunged by the theological faculty of some catholic university, or by the general inquisitor. " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...judgment of the bishops, or inquisitors, who may, * See Townley's Illustrations of Biblical Literature, vol. ii. p. 487—495. by the advice of the priest...

...approved by Pope Pius IV. in a bull issued on the 24th of March, 1564, is in the following language : "Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that...the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to everyone, the temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it, it is on this point...

...a bull, issued on the 24th March, 1564, by Pope Pius 4th. " The fourth rule says, 'Inasmuch as it u manifest from experience that if the Holy Bible, translated...into the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed (tine ditcrimine pcrmittantur) to every • • tho temerity of men will cause more evil than good...

...some of which we give. The fourth Rule of the Index runs as follows i " Whereas, it is manifest by experience that if the Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue, be allowed indifferently to anybody, then, on account of man's rashness, will arise from hence a greater...