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 GERMAN PAMPHLET, 
 
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 PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT, 
 
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 JULY 1815. 
 
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TRANSLATION </« Grrman Pnmphlrt, entitlrd: RetuU oft St angrts^ 
 hMat Em by fhe Four Archlmhops of Germany, who dgtied lh„t 
 umtt I to wluck are added His IwperuU Majesty* Amwer, approthue 
 the Froeeedins;, at the afmu ( n^re.s, and the autduintk JJocumeZ 
 relating to it. Frmck/ort and Leipzig j;.s7, 8i,„. 
 
 AT IciiKth wc aivonahled to present the i.M,blir, h, .,n authentic form 
 with the nnxtouslv exiRTt...! pr.Haeduig« ot the CV.ngr.^s. convoked at Em. 
 accomimni.d by the doouiiu-ntM relating to it. An account of thc«e nro' 
 roc. ings has long bwn called for, both in the (Jerinan Empire a-id ahr .aJ 
 ni they art said to have occasioned considerable neniation at Konif and that 
 they have been the subject of nnich comment in the nul.Jic napew so as to 
 give rise to many nuH)rrect reprts concernir.g them. 'I'hev ire lilcelv to 
 h^•^omc il.c groundwork for mining anew, or tofiirnish occasion for restorinir 
 as well the prntire constitution of the Tterman church, as its hierarcluoal 
 government Hud discipline , m which case they would k>. far more memorable 
 than tho.e disas rous concordates neg.HMa'ed at Aschaftinburg, by which the 
 (.erman nation has been uijure. .<, many ways, as to its ealwiaitical rights' 
 and trom which such grievous .iis«,lvi,„tag,..s have lesulteil to its hierarchical 
 constitution. For the reign of Jnseph 1l. seem, destined to wUne^s the 
 spedy approach of that happy epoch which is to realise tl.o wishei cherished 
 by the (merman nation upwards of three centuries ; wliirh is, to redress the 
 bitter complaints and gnevances respecting the encroachmei.ts and oppresl' 
 sions oi the Rowan court, that have been uttered ever since the Council of 
 Constance and even before ; < hich is, to restore the full exercise of hat 
 omscopal power and authority that are radically inherent in the pastorul 
 oftcc of Archbishops and Bishom, congenial to the fundamental conSS 
 of the hierarchy an<l have been Landed down from the Arx«tle. , n, d wl c 
 iMo carry inot^Fcct the pnviegcs franchises and immunities of the (W 
 church stipulated by the celebrated compact concluded with Pope Eu7e ic 
 V and by what are termed the Concordat of the Princes. AU SifS u 
 to have been reserved by Providence for our present enlightened times wnen 
 He are blessed with such a head of the Empire, and have the satiSion of 
 seeing raised to the first hierarchical dignities of the German clmJc such 
 joelesiasfcal Electors and Archbishops, a. a Frederick a/./.^X ' ^t 
 Montz, a Clement rence.luu. at Treves, a MaMlian Frnnci at cSn 
 and a Jerome at Salzburg. '--"ioi,nt, 
 
 loJililr™"'""'"''*'""'''" ""d occasion of this memorable cj)och were the fol- 
 
 The Pope persisting in his determination to send to the Court of Bavaria 
 .^ottiie Palatinate-, a Nuncio, not nierely in the character of Lvov le! 
 C^"f l^'^'^v'' '"*''r ' f ""■^' '" ''"-" '""»"^'' "^ 'hose residing u^ t 
 nnnrr ''""': ^"- ''"' ""*-' •"^''''^'*-''^ with ecclesiastical autho.ty 
 Ml jurisdiction; urgent reiuonstranccs were made to the court of Rone 
 utthey prove,! abort;ve. The Elector of Mentz, who is the first ArchSop 
 ot Gennany. and the Archb.sl.op and Prince of Sal.burg fouiid thanse veT 
 truretore, compelled to address His Imperial Majesty, asShe roa p"otmo; 
 a.Kl fiuardiau of the German church,' to claim"' His official mtemo itil, 
 aj^ust such ,nam.mons and encroachments of the Roman See. tK* " 
 ^*orthy of JosephiH, surpassed the m<..t sanguiiu. expectation ; His I np£i 
 
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 Miiji'ity not oiilv prominpiJ thorn Hi* protrctlnn, hut in n j^racioiu letter 
 acrni.iiiitcd till' lour Art'libi'<li<M»i. that lie I'ail, thrfni;;h tlio iiu'<hiiin of ||i^ 
 Aiiibn.Hsiuilor, iiotiHcd to Hii iioluiCA^ftt Uutiit', IIim iiii|M'riul ili'tcrrniimtKiii 
 111*1 to mffcf hiMicci'orwaril uriy Nuncio in the (ifrtnnit t-itipiru tu fxcrcim! any 
 •.•ccietiditirnl jiirii^diftiori, iinr alio^r titc Archhi^hoitK arid nixhop^ of thi> 
 empire to \h' thiiH dii«tiirl»»'»l in the exercisi- of their » .(n-eraii rii^ht^, ulmh 
 thuy hold from God itiid the ('luirch. I lis Iinporiiil Miijosty iiddcd, thut ho 
 HotiUl iiHt> hit) utnioMt cxorlioriK to have tiie Huhop!* rcitiMtaled ul.to, in luoli 
 priviii-pc!* a* tUcy mit;lit hiuo lout by unvvitrrantubU' invaxion*, no m that the 
 ord«-r oriuin.illy f!*(aldi'tlu'<l, ami (»bicrved for «'eiiturit"*, nhotdd be cntirflv 
 restored; Holeiunly calliiiR upon them, their Hutfranaiis, and the exittii|itcd 
 JtiHliopM in (termaiiv, to employ their unitetl cnduuvoiirN in nnsertinK their 
 inetrapolitan and diiM-esan rights igainst any attanks, and to oppose all 
 usurpation'* of tlione riyhtft by the Court of Home and its Nuneioft, a* well »« 
 ull practice-* niilitatiii); a;:ainst nood order. We have inxerted thi» intereiit- 
 inu; paper, No. I, though il be found eUevvhcre • in order to t'urnith tliv 
 diHMiments complete. 
 
 Prompted and e.;eouraged by tliid letter from Ilis Majcuty, which relato* 
 to the Im|>erial right of afl'ordieir protection, and, eonsetpicntfy, to the tunda- 
 nientul laws of the empire, the above four supreme HupcrintcnduntN of tl.c 
 church in Germany, as a preliminary step, judged it requisite, that the 
 parlies concerned should, at a genera! conference, come to an undcrstandirij; 
 us to (he |>ointM to be stipulated, and, in order to it, resolved to appoints 
 MU'cting of their respective deputies at the baths of liUis, in the month of 
 A'.ipus.t I78(>. The jK-rsons deputed, were, as may be easily conjectured, all 
 of them, men of experience, divested of prejudice, and sich, it woubl appear, 
 us had studied the Canon law to better purpose than a lieifensluel, Prehler, 
 Srhmahffruher, Eagel, &c. On the jiart of Mcntz was chosen the titular 
 llishop//^/wrv ; on the part of Treves the secret councillor and oihcial Bttk; 
 on the part of Col>)gne the secret councillor and ofHcial of Monster, Thaut- 
 pluFHs ; and on the part of Saltzburg, th(( ecclesiastical councillor Itaiiirkt. 
 After u long consultation they agreed upon, and obtamed from their illustriom 
 jirincipais the sanction of the resolutions. No. II, which, having been fur- 
 nished with the signatures of the above four prelatoi, were transmitted to 
 His Imjjrrial Mi'-jesty, whose high protection, in the characler of .Supreme 
 Head ol the empire, th<\v implored, as apjH^Hrs from the letter No. III. Tills 
 occasioned His Imperiar Majesty's answer. No. IV. in which he signifies His 
 
 ac(piiesccnce, approltatit)n and piomisc of su|)p<irt,-f- but desires them, ndt- 
 withstanding, to ascertain, through the inctliuin of the above four inctro- 
 
 ■• It fiist nppenwl in tlic K-rlMin^tical Oiizettp of Viriiim, pnil not till then in the 12tli nuoi- 
 bor of the Ivcclesiiistical Mrt^a/iiif 'if .Mi-iili fur i;-*.*. "liii-li may iiUnnl nmtttr of -urpii/.c, iiun- 
 much iw, if conimon report ^|H•lll^^ tnio, some of l!io contrilxitorM to tliiit piHiixIiriil work ,\ir (ini. 
 tieini'ii mipposed to possrii-i better o|ipnrtimilie<, tliaii itUers, for ccmmmiiiratim; to the public 
 mch intcrcstinp dofuincnts. V,> therefore hog leave to tell them, in thin phco, that they nrf,m 
 fjeiierHl, more remit<<, on siirli oeeiisioiis, tli in the piihlic e\pcri«, iiiul ii jmtiHeil in expeuiii; 
 them to he. How loni; h.it it not Ciille<l lor Hn Hiilhtntir neeonnt of tlie Coni^resj itt Kint, ron- 
 cerninff wliicli, nol^vifl^l^ll(lill;_' their siipe\ior meiins ol information, tiiey have not, hitherto, iwh- 
 lished a sylhihle. 'I'hey do not pertorni. in tlii* partienl.tr, tlicir ori|;iiial eiij;a(;enienti. Ttit otter 
 papers, i^iven hy them, nere not so important, by a great deal, nor so imerestini; to GcrnuM 
 us (hid woidil Inive heen. 
 
 t It mi(;lit rea>on.d);v he expected that the anthorily of tlie fonr Metropolitans and I'rimalt! 
 of the nniversil (icrma'n church, headed, as thr\ are, by their high protector, and trpreseiuin; 
 t\\v sn|)rrme hieranirchy in (ieriMany, would silence, anti fill with proper respect, those shdfl- 
 t-inhted writers, who arc in the ultramontane interest. Hut sonic ulll probably he found ready lo 
 liii up their voiees, and raise a sinseless clamour, a< though ihc object of all this were notbinj; 
 Icsi lUaii the ovcrllirow of tlic Catholic church in Licrrnany ; that it would obviously termuiaic lo 
 
f. 
 
 iMi!ifaii« nnri primatM, tlio opinions of tlw ■iiflViiif«n. ,- i • «. . 
 
 \uv H. mail einpir,.. I «"^ 'M ^^ •ufTrngeM and cxcm|)t..d Uiilioiw of 
 
 U'liiit tlu-ir KiMitiinoiit* will Ik' ui« li ivi> n. ».. . i. . . 
 
 bo.o,„H,.l,<.p..«|,o. either t,l,.Mh.,| In Co, r .:''''"/'' '^"'^'^ '» ^T 
 lal,c proli«.i..„. of ..,.,„, n„i,M.ric... si,,,. I J /u.Ir ;:'.?. "'! T"'""'-' ^i 
 •lite, of the Frin.vs, that is t» m,v t .. .'h ^ ^' '".'''"•*f^«r'' H'^" ^oncor- 
 
 ,;i::tt ';.i~:;j;;^ !•- -. have .... 
 
 ,.i.i..n into tlu-ir nnn.ls , ' ^ i™ n T '"''•'" '" '""''" '*"'- 
 
 Ard.hi.hop ,.f (icrn.un v'v Vi "^ 7"y«'<-tur..,, a» if tl.n 
 
 tropclita,.,, nuthinR lu b .- f o/, si 1^ ' ^l "S"' '■^'«"'' *" ^»'^" "«- 
 sorvanr.. and r<,nstitutio., of | ^^o ^ ' •. i 'T^^^ T''" '*'**' '*'^' "^- 
 allowed o„ all hands. ^^-'«-»ia«t.cal d.Hc.pl.nc ... (iernuny, and i* 
 
 AnotliiT insinuation, couallv crniitull.... n.„l .. 
 
 Ic..s industry. ha« been tha l,-^ Z..1' I'PP-i'-c'nfly spread with no 
 
 «r the Ard.bi.hop of Me U/ t^ irrZVFr''"'S ""^'''^'"• "" '^'' l'^"'^ 
 »iou an unusual nrimar\ avi,u k .n^v i l"""'"' "'"' '''''' "" ^''i" «'•'•«- 
 other Archbishop . Ae n .?? Tl , . " '■''■■'"'" '"""""**"' l""^" "^•«*'- 
 
 diocese,, arc. all of tluVn S.t^ 't i """" 'TTV "P'''i»"y in their 
 view to s„w the .eed.H f ji/scn • ^n.l J ""'T ProUly pvap.f,.te,\ ,v.th a 
 the German omi.ire to di i do ' • . ' . ""'T" ''"' "'^♦'•"F'olitan, r,f 
 
 pre. of amelioriti.;.; mt '^ -^ ^ Z^ ^,:;;;' :; ^'"T^"^ ->'y ti- pro. 
 in (Jermany, but the redress of tl .r i '>''^"" "( ^-^'It^MaMiral roverniner.t 
 .rti6ees are not u.sal,Ttht^n': ''''''■' ?' ^^T-^''''-'""" "»♦•"»• «urh 
 
 oven en,d.o.cd at ^^^t^:':a'r^z:;^z'^^^^^ ^\^yr^ 
 
 H..i. and to disuse 't^:Z!. olJir*'"); r,! Selv iJ^^C '"''" "^ 
 J-ph II.. her present Emperor, is very di 1^ To^ltall^ 
 
 '!.el,t of December I7mi h.f n:.l i / '''' ■'"••""' "^ LnVombnnr-M-n l,h nancr of 
 
 l^«-. »,tl, ll,e,:o„stit„rl.,n, the nrivilo^.s , ,iV ' ■ '.•"''' conversant uit|. ih^ I ,, ,„n 
 
 'I'loi'^ the f..!lnvinc passacc •' It ,. ' •'",.'■ 'I "*^'' ^'T'"'"= ^"P* "•'<'''■ 'he n:.rnc of l',us if 
 
 •j'^'e. ,u.,,.,c a,lu.r.ari Kn^cni,, v.-lcbu c, i.e ''"/^V "•""""' '"■•■''""■•' ""'" ^""■'^'"-t 
 
 i.laiOiihu!,im»dvmaii vokL..,. ' "'"' Li.^e,.mn. sei,.,; uu.leb.U, uuint . ,.,u 
 
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 proMr to htfc taUl-A • ft'W nhnon-ntinni ronreniing (h« 
 
 ^^ _... it|v«ii, wer« it not that the lubjwt mutter »if thnu i* ut m- 
 
 iMrUtit •11(1 «u i>Kul»erant, tliat U[Hm c«ch of tluiii. M^mnitily, u iipl.tr 
 
 tr«'rttlMJ minl't li4V« htieu coiiUKmcd. Tllcy arc ol«o wordiil hiiIi m> riituli 
 Itrocitioii and <'l«'«riit«i, timt every one, Who it mauler of thr •ubjt'ct, Mill 
 tMHily untliT^taiul tlwin, witliout »ny cuplsnn'ion. 
 
 Oiw of till inoitt rliiiriictrriitir ffiiturc* of them, no doiilit, i* lhi«, thut tim 
 Conrordatcii of »lio I'rinrcn rc|kfttoHly mfntion«d, and tlio Dcrrt'ct of tlM> 
 Couiicil of H.blf, whiili v%rrc nolrmiily ratified at M«ut/, ii» tin- year U.Jp, 
 hut of which tin- uriti-r^ ttdvocatinj? the caugf of the <'ourt of Iloiiio M.-ttrcciy 
 take any nolm-, huvo, hy the four fimt hifmrcfu of fti'miiiiiy, lM«n <l«clared 
 and arknowl«'d„<d to b*- tho |)rinci|iul Ooncordatc* of tlu- (icriiiiin nation, 
 and tlioM- iiub»«'f|Ufntly concluded at Aicha/fenburg to bo only an ••wu|itioa 
 to the nilo, Hiul « »'ontra<t of inferior note, ina«much ui it wn-i to ninaiii in 
 force only for a time. In tlu- l.itt'-r ( rMicordatcs nc^fHiuted at AM-hnfUm- 
 hnrj^, Hiid wliirh urc «xtrcnnly nrcjudiciiil to the intercits of tin- <icriiian 
 Chnrdi, w.' find n-vorul timt'i tin' following clauie : " oxcipt and imiIi-m 
 •* till* provmion ihould he n'windi'd at nomc hitiire cenond counril. with the 
 «« c.ncurrenre of thi- (nrmiin nation." • In the RuTl of KiiKi-iiiun IV. of thu 
 6th of February 144", which fonim part of tli« ConeordaiiH of the Prinrw, 
 the I'opo engttg'ci explicitly to call for that jxirjxm' a gcut-riil council within 
 ton or eifjhteen nionthf*.-^ Hy the decree called Freijuriin, which the I'ope 
 nolenujly recognizcH in thut very Bull, he hound hiiu^elf, once for nil, to cm. 
 venf iuch a K«'neral council every ten years at least.}; This eiiKngctnent i« 
 rciMated by EiiKeniui in another Mull,' dated the same diy and year,^ and 
 by which In; coniirnjH the rccocnition of the Decree of Basil. lie there 
 makes use of these wordi* : " ft in aUo our pleasure that the preceding 
 «• (i lodilicutions) he niaintaimd and supported in retjard to all the ubovr- 
 " mentioned pointH, until any of our L«'gateg shall have enU-red into a dif- 
 " ferent agreement, or until a different orclinance shall have been issued by 
 
 
 • Nil! In futnro Condlio dr romeniu nstionii alitf r fiierit ordinntum. 
 
 t CoiitetidsuiiH sixirt Urg»« ft principM thriitiiimn ciiiam et clili«enli«ra mlhioere fiiMiiUr, 
 ul «d >otii«i iiaHtriiiiv trnlii vBleunt, et coniluci, itii, ijiiml in iiiio rx niiiiique It"-!' conieiiti*iil 
 HfiicrHle Concilium convocnri, cjuoii 'nfra dvccni a die diito prsuriiiiiipi coniputsiidoi, inteiididiui 
 •mieriri, ft li ConneniuH liiiiunniodi halieri poUril, in fine dictimiiii dt-iem raentiimi \^tnink 
 Concilium sd Hecirniini ort.ivnin iinmedititc sitiucnten initianuuni in uuo ex pr«n(ti«in»tU lociJ, it 
 iiuiiilne doiniiii convocabiniin. . , 
 
 In evfn'mi) voro, quod .1 iiliipirm ex dlttiilocis n«tionin (Jeimnnic* ra-teri Hetces et I rMici|i« 
 deflccli non pouent, ciinvdrabiniui lilnloniimis inti.i drccm mi-iiHi-i genende concilintn in ulio 
 loco, lelnm x'r'ndis Brcomiiiodo, infra decfm rl orto ni'iistw, nt pr*ler(iir, i onii«|iienle» initimi- 
 (luTM, turn nt vohis lein Kiiita*. facintrtiis, ipiuni ut ecclrsi.!' nire^itiitibus iuccurmtiir. tun. 
 mrd Nnt. <jrrni. intcKiiT. I. p. I.'I!J. 
 
 t Fieipien-i BemTidiinn Comilioonu celebrntlo apri domlnicl pra-cipua cultnra est, (pis »rprfi, 
 npiiiu^, et tribnlo^ li;iTC!,uni, eriorinn ef nclii'nmtinii exstirpiit, excentiis corrlgil, dul'irniiitH r«. 
 fonimt, ct vineani doniiui lullrngiiii uberririi* iVrlilil.itin luldmil ; illoniin vito ne«lt'itu»pi.riiiHiii 
 dissin.inat, nt<pic fovct. Hiec piM-teritoritrn tempomni rri-ordntio, ot pra-n-nlinm roii'ideiHtii) mile 
 ocidus tio-itios pomiiit, (Juii|)i<)|'li-r li»r rdlcto ptrpiliio sHurinni«, rcrjniinni atque ordiuumm 
 111 a inmloroncilii. f,'cnei-Hi;,i ciltbrcnlur j ila, ipiod primnm a fine hiijiis concilii in rudiKp"""™ 
 iiiiiiii'diulp irmiens sniindum \iTo a Hnr illiiit iinmodiatc snpienli$ coiicllis in stpfcniiiiiin, « 
 deinccpt de deccnnio in dcrcnninm pcipHiio clcbrcnttir, in locii, qmr unniinu" Pontitex ptr 
 mensem ante fincrn irjiulibiit ronrilii appr.dmnic \v\ ron'cnliinte toniilio, vfl in ejus drieflum 
 ip«u-u concilium depiitare I't ns>i({narc leni-atnr : ut >ir per .pi.indani continmuionem sempcrmit 
 coiicileiim vi{;<;ii, ant per tiiinini piMidiiitiain rxspfitctiir ; (piiin tirminmn liceat iiminio Pontif.ti 
 dc (Vatrnin «mpnini nunctie Honiann- ccclcsi* ciirdiilalinni con-ilio, ob eiiicrgi-ntcs forte rasus, ab- 
 bicviarc, soil n\>lliitenus prorogotiir. Lornni aiitcin pro fiiliiro concilio tc'' 'anilo (Itpiilutuui, 
 ab.s<pie cvidruli ni'cfssitate, non nuifet. 
 
 ^ Qimsjclii 
 
 modi, ut pr;!*. - , .. . ■ . , . ,.,- 
 
 toiuui ct priiicipiiiii lAhoitLUioncni toiivocaic piopoiiimu^ ulittr t'licril ordinutinji. loco cit. p. l:' 
 
 drnli ni'pfssitate, non nuifft. 
 
 clam circii xinijnja promissn nianutencri ft drfensari volnnjiii, donee per Ici'utnni li") '«• 
 
 ni-dictmn eit ronrordatnni fiirrlt, vel per concilium, ipiod ad priedlrtorum Hcnis, lr*l_- 
 
,/•'• •'■- ^-'v.-.l to v.,lr.!'.':' t 'itl^' "- Pr"l-«-. an.| .1... IV..,.,, 
 
 more Ihuti oi,,.,.. n„. „- ,-, , """''y '^'n proinj„„ bv the Cr.«-^ . 
 little prolmbilitvr of t thV!"' ""'•"^^y «*" cau..., t|,«'e .o.',„.T '"^'*'' 
 
 " nut 
 
 r„,,. 
 
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i 
 
 I. 
 
 /tH^m^r •/ //'♦ fmptri,,/ .1///.*',./ to lh« EhtttfTt ^ ,\tfnt', fluh <l ih* l8//i «/ 
 O.ufhtr I7§» / Vv^iiM of uiktiS W0>t JUtU to tAa IHrHtr* uj '/V; • thi 
 CnUgM, irndlo tk« .^rcUitfitp of SaMmrg. 
 
 \\\' tlu- ikUitrd •Ut«'ni«nt ront«in«l in your IIighnr»i'« litl.r, I fliiil, tlnf, 
 t'>r llii* iMiriKKMi frf Bi«intaimii|; liio dioc8»«n nijh J. ot tliv Ar«lihi«h«|»>i «i,.| 
 RiRhniM in the iliftrnit ilintnct' of tti« Kmpirc uixl in iIm- Huliojiruki, it 
 V ill b« •«p«Hwnt to proviili' af;niiiit %ny fncroiirliiiiciiU tlint ww pnliapt u 
 be tpiireh«n^ (>/ (>>« ti^rntn-K « <>f th« Paiatiniitt! rii«I oi' llo m >, tVoin tiid 
 Pi»|Ml Court, tr*(iecully of a.t'n«ut of it* r«'»olution t<. •iiul a mmiul Nuinv, 
 tn Munich, when- it Iim hitlicrto not h«Tn tlii* ^.rnrtic.- of IhivImk imli nn 
 Fivoy 1 for which re«ion vf>u iolioil my Imporiul |»roti«tion, i'K|M'«'tin^ it 
 from nw in my «hiir«:lcr of SHpremi« <"iutt«li«n of the l>«|i'«iMtie»l C'on^tilu. 
 tion of Ot'rmtuv. 
 
 An, on every ocf Minn, it hn been my <!U»toni ani! ronntant fniloavoin-, to 
 HfTord the mo«t rmiilifl, unrf the mroit »in(vre tiittnionicn of ihi- jMitnotie 
 «ul patirniil •entinifutii whifli I mtertnin for tlio i»roii|HTity mul pre** rv»- 
 tion of the ctnpiri', in nil pans of itn «oni«fitution : it i» uUo my iiiinition, 
 not Hilly strcnuounly to »m)5»ort the rpiftcopal ri|,'hl» in thoir dimtno*, ti 
 fnimiiiK wn e«»<»n» il part of aR'Kxl dinciplimry constitution, hut to cndiavmjr 
 that 'hf Hithops, according 'o tlie order originally caubliihcd and ohwrved 
 for .cnturicii, may U- rtiii«tau.i in all tlioso rightu, wliiili tli.y may have loit 
 by procwdmg* aa unwarrantable a« they were contrary to what they were in- 
 tended to have been. • • • i 
 
 IndiKHMJ by the nlmve repn'sentationn. I hu c deternuni><l to drcbiie to the 
 whole Knipire, in tlie mosL candid and explicit manner, my niutiinni'i* «ii 
 rhiif l*rote<;tor of it, and to caime it to be inlimnttd to the Papal iicf, that 
 I can never permit tlic Archbishopn and niahops of the l^mpire to be dii- 
 tnrlH'd in the dioccaan iip;l't», tvhirh they l">ld from God iiiid thcC\iureli; 
 and that, con»c«iucntIy, i «oii(iider ihc NiMicios only a« Papa! Envoy* dci- 
 tined for jwlitical, and luch i.biceta an tall iindir the imme»liate Ciignizan.T 
 of the Pope in his capacity of SiM)reinc head of the Church ; but that 
 I raiinot allow to tluxf Nuiu ion either the exercitc of any juriadictioii in 
 lieclpsiaRtical matter*, or any Court of Judicatuiti; wherefore, auch privi- 
 leges uliull neither belong,', nor be granted, to the Pope'ji Nuncio ntuding 
 4l ColoKiit, or at Vienna, or to any other who may licucetbrward come into 
 the teriitoried of the GiTtiian Empire. 
 
 In nianifosting them: iiiv Hontimentsi to your Highness, I, at the same time, 
 call upon you, by your i)erHou.il exertions, a» w»'ll «» by instructing to that 
 rfiffect.your SuHraVaiis u..(l the exempted Hisliops, firmly to maintain all your 
 metro|)olitaii and di(MV:< ui ri^lits, atjaii.Ht all attacks, and against whatever 
 may uppiar ua eucroa.hmint of tlu- Papal Court or of its Nuncios \\\¥m such 
 rights mid upon j^txxl order; in ■.vluch effort I promise you and them my 
 whole Imperial assistance. I expect, however, that in all matters relitinu 
 to bemlices, the dciir letter of tlic Concordatcs, concluded by the (iernm 
 Nation, will, r'or the future, Ije udlur.'d to, trusting that by these my natiiotic 
 views, I Hhal! be abli o'. once, to aclvunce the interests of religion, ami to 
 aiTord to the Eccli sla!<tical 8tat<:s and Bishops ol the Empire, convincing 
 prof 'U of my unrcinitling tare for the maintenance of its law* arid constit*^ 
 tional lilMTticii. 
 
n. 
 
 I 
 
 .1... ....oj.cx or...e c*.rm:;i7..;.i:. «„'r;;j:^";:; :jr;"^^ '; 
 
 r.t,Wi-l. th...r.f.r orlKitmllv i m L. .u ' ''"rP**""". «" «» to «, 
 
 b..;/, <on.vded t.. Ihcn. by Cilr;„db;Z' (![;;;;: •''"^"'" "«*•"' "'»^»' »'•'• 
 ro..,.Ja„,l i,„!uc«l th. four Archbi.hou ., .11 . ^^^'^^ '""''"• 
 
 -heir iv a., ..mediate •uthonv^hc^^^^ J-^m-.M, ot whiH.. under 
 
 itind.rdof«ound priiioiul.., "''''^'uny oxa.ni.icd, according to th« 
 
 wlicrcenturicaofthcOhriiitiaiiyPrn K.,t...V- i . this unmary m the 
 
 ( wui. „f i.i,,„;' ,: .1,0 z„*"\'^^ „iro'\ ri:Kr„. "• ": '•'" 
 
 Hut t lo forerrv nnil fa!l,.,-v «♦ rl, 1"^" "^*- *" "M! Uiihops, cannot, now 
 
 l,n..l,,lgodf bJarr,,a,„ ,h TJi', '""'.r'.'"^ P?"^' •'"IS'-T.lly »r- 
 
 *.«! Juh the ri^z. « 7Z:£:^ri^try^ tv'"'' "■■ 
 ^z^ r:;i;^ u'Strrn"' th-nHi„.io„„„i,„,io„ «. ,h. 
 
 "ithin t,f dioccicof t ,c ll'i,ho .. . r'T"' r"''""' Ji'ti'i^ivn, llvnu- 
 
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 (f>) Ilonee dioci'sans, in cast's of apinal, AioW not be jKrinitted to pa,, 
 over llii'ir imiiif(li;iU' ccrli'Miastit al superiors w itli a view of apiilyiun tn 
 tlic Court of Homo. However, in siu-h casi-s as arc s|K'ciHt'(l Wy tlu- Canon 
 Lasv, tlioy an- not invvoiiti-d from aj)|Kaliu<; to t\\v liinlu-r KccleHiasticiil 
 Aiiliiorit'u's, according; to tlit^ doj^roi-s of tlu' M'uM-archical (Constitution. 
 
 (c.) Kxc'mi)tion>* bi-iu}; at vaiianct! witli tlu- discliarj^e of tluM'piscopnl 
 oflico, sliall 1)1- allowed no more ; yet this proliildtion d<»o» not apiily to tluiw 
 bodies and individuals, whose exemption lias hot-ii eonfirmed by Iniporjal 
 Cbi'' ter, and is j;enerally reco^^^nsed in the l'"ini|)ire. 
 
 \(i) No Religious sliull be allowed to reeeive of their Generals or ChapttTn- 
 General, or of other superiors residinjj out of (iermany, Cfroni every coiuicc- 
 tion with whom they are hereby entirely abuv^lved) aiiy orders or replies, nr 
 to attend the i^-neral assembliis, or to »end thither any pecuniary contri- 
 butioust under an} pretext w hatcver. 
 
 1^ 
 
 •if! 
 
 It is lawful for every Bishop, in virtue of the ])owcr " of binding and 
 loosing," which he holds from God, to enact laws, and lo dispense with 
 them upon sufficient grounds. He alone is acquainted with the wants ot 
 his flock and with the prcmer means for relievinL' them, and ought, there- 
 fore, to possess the power of^ granting to the faithful, for a time speeifiod, or 
 as long as it may appear expedient, some indulgence, both as to the parti, 
 cular and the general Church Laws. 
 
 (a) Wherefore he is competent to grant dispensations, in the mauncrjuit 
 nientioned, with respect to the general prescriptions relating to abstinence, 
 if such dispensations be founded upon some public uecessityjor if they i>cn§tit 
 the diocesans over whom he presiocs. 
 
 (h) As also, to remove those obstacles to marriages, for which the Holy 
 See hitherto used to grant general powers of dispensation, including thosq 
 jjarticular cases, the second degree of consanguinity, and the first and serond 
 degrees of affinity, which heretofore required special dispensations from 
 Rome. Archbishops and Suffragans, however, in such cases of particular 
 delicacy, may apply for the opinions of his Holiness. 
 
 (c) Dispensations being scarcely ever withheld in the third and fourth de- 
 grees of consanguinity and aflinity, any more than in most cases of ecclt- 
 siiistical kindred, or in the rase of what is called the Impedimentum pu- 
 f)>!'-fi' honcslufls, the seiijc of the Suffragan ought to bu taken, as to the pro- 
 p.jcty of abolishing those impediments entirely. 
 
 (if) It being, moreover, a ri;;lit pertainii"-; to Bishops, to absolve from 
 oblii^ations arising from elerieal consecration, — all Archbishops and their 
 Suffragans shall exercise it, with respect to Deacons and Sub-deacons, v,hcn- 
 evcr important and urgent causes call for such exercise. 
 
 {e) Tliey shall also absolve the conventual clerf^y from their solemn vnw.<, 
 where sufficient canonical reasons shall appear for it, ^nd shall direct, that in 
 all convents for monks, such vow he not taken before the completion of tlio 
 t\venty-lifth year, and in convents for nuns, not before the expiration of the 
 fortieth. 
 
 ■4i 
 
 III. 
 
 It being found that from the altered circumstances of the t;mes, even tlir 
 best views of some charitable institutions cannot bt; accomplished, or 
 at least, very impcrfctlly, it bchuvus Bishops, for the benefit of religion and of 
 
 itiuion, and in 
 
others more 
 
 ,Iu. c,mmmhv, to replace charitable institutions .o situatrj hv c 
 
 (a) No turtiicr api)lication shall h*. mo#l« ♦ ^ ♦!. o ^ „ 
 
 ail ca.c,n.. winch tly...^«...,j;:;^„^^^^ 
 
 (hsprnsiitions ..htai.K-d ahroad, shall he ..ull and void •^'-qu'rc-d 
 
 All 
 
 V"' shall be bindiiKT 
 
 nil! 
 
 r^N.. bulls hncis or othc, ordinances of the I'o 
 c. Hishops, unless the latter signify their lurmal assent. 
 
 (c Without such assent, no deciariti»n« -„ r 
 .vliu.oever, shaM be valid in (Lrnm^^^^^^^^ "P'"'*' ""' ''''^'" ^'^^ Ro 
 
 ((/j Ail iVunciaturcs to cease totallv TViii,n;«»«„„ i 
 dia,it.r of Envoys from the IW a^.'d pursu^ntrM TT"'^ ""'^ '" ^'"« 
 His Imperial Majesty under daVe^TJS", "/ -«f"''rr" '""*''' '^^ 
 upon tl,e ordinances of the Church a, w I ' '?. ' r^'^r'* '« *""'"l^-<' 
 ithe E,.,..e, -•lthey„.ustnr;^e;^;:;iL l^i^^:;^^^^ ' 
 
 avvs 
 
 diocese, may api)oint notaries of his own but the h.-.H^^f !••''* '" . '' 
 shall nolo.rer So allowed to create nofarin. f h V"* religious order* 
 the uflairs of 'their rcspectte communiS ^""^ !^'''''''^''^' fo"" transacting 
 
 V. 
 
 rJ!::^.^:7';^r *"*'°'*^ ^^ ^-nting dispensation with 
 f.-t) Suc!i dispensation, however, not to hn trii-o., ^ ^ • .1 
 
 1,. .he •■ Ltaition. of the niJu, f„„„dcr fop a Prt.t'Th ■ ,"''''; ,"'"' 
 
 tr. the dispensation bein- granted BnHf fhoT u P ' tJ<;Claration as 
 
 *™, 'the „„„„ „f .^ r^gintf ;i,f S'r'ih %'x i:"/*di''' 
 
 VI. 
 
 The innovations introduced bv the forp-pH dr>or„t ,K. u 
 soon .ade the subject of coinpfah;" by ' he C nj^i ^'pSro^ k """ 
 (Itavourei to ijroeure redress tVom thi ^r. "'^'^'"^" ^^-it'on ; it also en- 
 
 ii«ioi., and in m.,,v more totally tmnwresid of wUi,h,,,li" i"""" 
 
 .- ™,i. ,,y .ue Emperor F.denc iif Mii„;;;.i:i"i' ericrT^."!'! 
 

 h'4 
 
 10 
 
 »t the Diet^ of Niirimibcrpc, Frcvburp;, Worms Aupshiirp, &c. ; and even 
 nnUTcdciitly, by the llbciiisb cKtrv, who atk'Kcd " Tliiit the ConcordatcH 
 (M\'oted and roiuliidiul at Hasle, bt-tween tbf Soc of Uonit; and tlu; (icr..iaii 
 nation, bad be<'n iiifrin},'od in a variety of ways." 'I'lic continuance ol 
 tlii'sc irrii'vaiici-s ajjoi-ars fioin the letter of the Electoral (JolleRO ot the igtli 
 Mareb 1704, toll's Imperial MajcHtv, from mc (iramimma Hpccified by 
 the Ihree EccleHiaj^tical Electors ut Cob'leiu'e, and from daily experience. 
 
 VII. 
 
 By way of provisional redress of the same, the following points are pro- 
 nosed, while a niost respectful, yet confident hope is entertained, that hIiouM 
 It be necessary, His Imperial Majesty will vigorously exert his otHce of 
 
 I'rotector. . , , 1 • 1 
 
 (a) While the Concordates are yet in f(,rce, and that tlie nation has not 
 vet made other ])rovision, the Dccreta Busilcensia, such as received in tlu> 
 year 1439, it Mentz, in the reii,m of King Alba-t, shall be recognised as the 
 Htandard Concordates, and rights provisionally conceded to the See of Rome 
 in the Concordia of Aschaffenburg in 1448, shall be considered an exception 
 
 to the rule. , r i /> 
 
 (/)) The Hull called E,rlmvngnn.i ICxecralnlis can not take from the (lor- 
 man Clmrches of the Cathedral and other Chapters, the right of bestowiui; 
 such benefices as become vacant pursuant to that Bull. 
 
 The tirst benefice is not vacated by the induction into another of the de- 
 scription jusl referred to, when the beneficed individual is a titular Canon 
 (domicellus, doinicellariusj or holds a prebend which is not a competency. 
 
 (c) The reservations in tlie Bull called Eirlrnvagans ad Regimen cannot 
 take place in Gerr.iany. For not being calculated for the state of the Ger- 
 man Church, the cases of translation, deposition, privation, kc. mentioned in 
 it, are inapplicable to that church. Of all these cases, none now belongs to 
 Rome, except the contirmation of a new-elected Bishop, which can never 
 be refused but on important canonical grounds. An exception must how- 
 ever, be made with respect to those jirovisions which may perhaps depend 
 solely on the liberality and discretion of the Apostolic See. 
 
 {d) No validitv attaches to those clauses which are usually appended b 
 the Indu-lta de retinendis dignilatibus et benejims pncltabilis, and which are 
 to suspend, and defer yet farther, the effect of the reservation, namely, even 
 to future cases /. <*. of vacation by tleatli. 
 
 <e) Equally null and void are "those reservations which have been intro- 
 <luced by the Court of Ro-.nc against the liberties of Gerinauy» posterior to 
 the Concordiitcs. 
 
 (f) Yet when it is deemed necessary, application may be made to 
 Rome for the Drcv'O eligihiHtatix, nntil' it shall have been provided otlier- 
 wiso by a general reformation of the (Jliurch. 
 
 il 
 
 VIII. 
 
 To do away entirely the transmission of ecclesiastical benefices by inlit- 
 ritancc, it is ordered, that . . 
 
 (n) The rcsigiKitioiu's in favorcm, whether real or tictitioiis, shall be 
 inadmissible everywhere throughout Germany, and shall be prohibited, 
 whether given in to the Conrt of Rome, or to the Bishops. They iinist be 
 uiadji without any reservation of the party resigning, so as to enable the 
 
II 
 
 IJisliop, or whosoever lias the dft of it lJ,.,.J.r .„ i . ... 
 
 r-i) It; liowever, any (ic.rniannisiiopbedisM„M,.,lf,. ii .1 
 of certain benefices to take place at the Cour Tf H "' °'''- '''" '•«'"Kn»tio''-^ 
 arc.-,,t from thence a collation, un e , tlu- %L^ /"' '''' '' ""' "''"K'^'' »" 
 
 whicn U i« given, be specified. Such cert ictesh''"^'''' ^'"ff'' ^''' 
 more than six n,onths sliail have elapsed from thl dav 11 ^ ^''"^.'^>'' '^" 
 a,ui it shall be con.petent for every Bi'hoD to rin.,^ " '* ""*" '""''^ «"'' 
 he „.ay see occasion', nor shall th^r^'^^X^^Z^Vj''^'''''^'"^''' 
 
 (r) In this case, the resignee is bound w in .iT T''""' . 
 
 puoal collation before U.e Bishop in whose dbce 1 t 1. "«""'' -^^ ''^>' "'« 
 .^as.efcred.e Chapter, oAe re.gn^^ir !s ^^ tr^^St';,,;!; 
 
 (I 
 
 !e 
 to 
 
 and void. 
 
 assig'i It ogam, or to declare it vacant, ' require it, citltcr to 
 
 IX. 
 
 Btit should tlie Court of Rome pvon ho.^ ^: 
 ,,rovostships. deanriesor prebenrin Srmanv^ t'h" ST "^"^ <i?^J.i'«'^«"^'S 
 ^uch gifts to take any effect ^''-'•nia"} , the Bishops will not allow 
 
 X. 
 
 ^'^':^^!^\:tZC^1^ Churches, and 
 
 JorvSforffe Papal See, sha^tSn viScT b i,f tL^'if^Tthlr T 
 
 iongel- be admissible ''''''^ ^^ ^ndalt^ papali, shall any 
 
 XI. 
 It shall also be a rule with the Bishops 
 
 XII. 
 
 In order not to deprive such Colletriate and other Churcb.c .r *i 
 -ary .crvices of their Clergy, those cSnou. .r lucSmS^I^lMl^t "X 
 
 ./.'A!*'' 
 
 i ! if 
 
 
 riii"- J! I 
 
12 
 
 liavc 
 
 attained the proper aRc. «liall, within a yoar, receive the holy consocn,- 
 •enuisitc after haviiij; previously ac<iuiri:(l iho nt'cessary quahlications, 
 ami Hhall," then, .lis.l.ur^rc the duties attached to ti.cir hencflce, or, .n .1 
 fault thereof, the Bishop shall he autliorised, upon hiivint^ duly adino.,i«|, t 
 the p;uty chargeahle witf. neglect, not only to declare the prehend or hnchr. 
 vaeant. but, unless barred by patronage, .mmcdiatcly confer it exccp tl,. 
 impediment be not imputable to the incumbunt, but to the benchcc Usclf. 
 
 'm 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Finally in order to exeludc from the German Churches all foreign canili- 
 d ites it is hereby declared, after the precedent of several Cli-irehes abromi. 
 that all who arc not natives of Germany, are incajwble ot ohtainmg a bcue- 
 fiee unless they have previously been naturalized ; stdl, however, this lat- 
 ter exception cannot derogate from any statutes that may have been enacted 
 by some Chapters on this subject. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 The disnensatious of the Court of Rome can never affect any statutes of 
 German Churches, 
 
 XV. 
 
 The Indnltum perpeluum of collating to prebends void during the uncrnml 
 months which induhum perpetutm w&s grmt^d ex facto immediately after 
 the Concordatcs, to the three Archbishops and Electors of tlie German 
 Empire in those Churches, where the alternntiva mensium takes plaw, 
 has not'only been restricted by the Court of Rome to single years, but that 
 Court has also, in the sequel, bestowed some months, anpcrtainmg by ttie 
 indnltum, to the Archbishops, upon other bodies subordinate to the Arch- 
 bishop of some or other of tlie Archbishopricks. 
 
 (a) His Imperial Majesty is to be solicited to make an eamest representa- 
 tion to His Holiness, to the end that such Papal months, conferred inapar- 
 ticul Bishoprick, contrary to the above /atJtum post Conmrdata, upon pi'r- 
 sons other than the Archbishop, in prejudice to the Indultum, may be taken 
 back, and ret'irned by the Pope to the Bishop only. 
 
 (h) The in^Lrumetit of the Indultum perpetuum. is to be made out for the 
 Archbishops immediately en their institution, along with the Bull of con- 
 firmation. Bat if the Papal Court, contrary to expectation, should refuse 
 complying with the above two points, then r , , • 
 
 (c) The Archbishops are authorized to confer, without any further hesita- 
 tion, those prebends which arc vacated during the Papal months, and Ii:s 
 Imperial Majostv will most graciously be pleased to protect, in the Character 
 of head of the Empire, the Archbishops against all encroachments in re- 
 gard to this right, as well as to the particular privileges of the Archbishoprics 
 of Sah'.hurgh,' relating to this subject, liut as 
 
 (dj The Archbisliops and Bishops of Germany, m order to the regular 
 administration of their dioceses, must enjoy the collation to benefices, a;:l 
 that the six months are not for ever concevicd to the Popes,- by the Concor- 
 datcs, redress may also be expected, in this particular, from the NationJ 
 Cotmcil, which, "it ts to be hoped, will soon be cflcCted. 
 
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 Hen enacted 
 
 XVI. 
 
 T!u' sm,r..I|)rovisi..t), unknown to the Concor.Iiil..« o..,! „* i 
 ,.n.,l .;..t.l intothe l,uluU. by the JuH3;X^:;rS*(Wt";^1C' 
 „„,.t, from this (la. V forward, .vase ....tirely, cp, oially as it . o , nlv caj ",' 
 
 iiilJiffUcii 
 
 XVII. 
 
 
 ; ^1 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Tlic usual tcntimonium idoneitatis made out by the Bishoo 
 (I presenting at Rome the Bishop, in partUnis, may suffice t„ „.. 
 .lace of t .e process m question, more especially as t(,e former must' Sc best 
 icquaintcd witli ihe necessary qualifications of the nominee 
 
 and 
 
 1 
 
 acq 
 
 8 nommatinj/ 
 to supply tin- 
 
 XIX. 
 
 ^oihth^ IndaltumAdminislratmm, which formerly has been attrmntr.I 
 0. forced upon us, and the Clausula in tempnralibls in the Bu ^00" 
 f<rm,ug elcofons arc henceforth totally inadmissible, the latter be nr T 
 
 l^iT" "•'^'"^^ '^^'^ "S'^^^ ''^"•^ ^'"P^-l MajestyTanro'f th.: 
 
 XX. 
 
 irther hcsita- 
 
 <v.th IS, therefore, to be substituted iu its stead, so worded as not tn fr„ 
 -ther on the Poj^e's Primacy, or on the , iglits oV die Bistps *' '''"' 
 
 XXI. 
 
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14 
 
 llic dibts thcrtliy ooiitra<U'<l and occiiiimktcd in many Hijiliojirioks. The 
 
 Court of Homo, not ins.Mi nblo to tin- luif'iiiiuv.;* of tliii proc.-i'(lin<(, liiul, n, 
 
 ilu" Con.'onlaU's, .-oncliulL'a at A-chnHenburn, promiHod xomr n-hxation, 
 
 wliioli, liowover, liux not yet heim carried into i-ftl-ct. Now, tlioiij,Mi tli,. 
 
 German Nution will liiive no ohjection to psi'' a oom|H'n!<ation for tlu" Amiai, 
 
 and I'allium-money, vv.lh a view of rewardint; tlw olUeer eolltTlmjr llicm, 
 
 vet it cannot but wish and hope that tlie said roin|KMsation may lu- vahicl 
 
 imd lixed, accord mi; t) (he estnnated revcnncn of tlie Archhishopncks ami 
 
 Bit^iiopric'kH, within two years, cither at a national ("otincii, or if, from m\, 
 
 imniMliinents, it should not take place, hy His Imperial Majesty and fii,. 
 
 whole liinpiro. II, in this case, the Court ot Home should refuse either tlu' 
 
 conlinnation, which has been insured by the Conconlates, and cannot Ik 
 
 denie«l without particular canonical t,'rounds, or ♦he Pal/mm, the (iermaii 
 
 Archbishops and Bishops will l>c sure of findinj,' in the ancient disciplme n| 
 
 the (Mmrch such remedies as shall preserve them, on one hand, from trc.- 
 
 nassintr on the re\ erence and subordination dne to the See ol Uoine, and, on 
 
 the otiicr, enable them tranquilly to discharge their Archicj.iscopal ami 
 
 E])iscopal offices umler the liiBh protection of Ilis I iipenal Majesty. 
 
 ili 
 
 XXII. 
 
 All matters wh^'-h, by the observance of the German Empire, and ui 
 the ancient Church, arc referable to the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction must 
 
 (a) Be tried, in the first place, in the Ecclesiastical C.()nrt ot eacli narti- 
 culai- Diocese, and if the cause is to be removed to a higher tribunal, an 
 anneal shall lie from the Bishop to the Metropolitan Court. 
 
 (hj The Papal Nuncios must not interfere m any cause, whether (lejicnd- 
 inff in an inferior or a superior Court. 
 
 rr) For this reason, the Archbishops and Bishops will be careful in mA- 
 inc choice for the offices m their Ecclesiastical Courts ot Justice, otcxiic- 
 rienced, tried, and worthy men. and in directing; them to regulate their pro- 
 ceedin.rs hv a system conformable both to the Cam)nic Law and the practuv 
 usual i"i tlie Empire, if they do not act already upon such a system, to pre- 
 vent sacred justice from being any ways obstructed or violated in prt'pidico 
 of either of the parties. • v r n .1 
 
 (d) Should any appeal be brou-bt fioin them to the Sec of Rome, tc 
 latter shall appoint Judh-es in paribus, and that natives ; and they shall c 
 selected according tu the provisions of the C;onncil of rreut, and attcrwaab | 
 
 nominated at Rome. ^ , ,■ c a,.i, 
 
 (e\ This obiect will be accomplished yet more cfTcctually, it every Arrli- 
 bishop with the concurrence ot his suffragans, establish in his respective 
 diocese, a Synodal Court of Justice, and remove thither all causes ot ap- 
 peal The President, and some of the n-ombers of such Couit ot Appeal, 
 might be nominated and maintained by the Archbishop, and two mcmberi| 
 by each of the suffragans. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 If the Archbishops and Bishops of Germany should, by the powerful 
 assistance ..f Ili:^ Imperial Majesty, be again reinstated in these r.ghts M 
 bel-.n- to them by the appointment of (iod, and should be emancipate 1 « 
 the principal cau/cs ot complaint again.t the Court ot R'>"'^^ they will the ■ 
 and not till then, be capable, insofar as they arc fully rescivcd to do, » 
 
 Si 
 
1 1 
 
 pnxviMl spcfdily lo tlic omendiiicnt of tlic ('Imrrli-di.cinlii.o. in ull h» riarts 
 a.vonlmu; to imih.nii |)riMn|)li-f.,_t.. fiikc tin- ncccisury Nlcps tovvanN tlu' 
 aiiulioriitKMiot the cuir of soiiU, ili;i|)t.T.i mid ••oiiv.-iiU, uiul radically to 
 ,.xtir| lit' all diUcts and ahiiHcs which have t,'radnallv <Tc|»t in. 
 
 For the rest, um the t'oihonlatum ^Lirhuff'enhii'r^viise hnx, from it-« very 
 iHtriuiiin-r, been considcn-d us one of the >;reate^t ^;l•ievanpe!( of the (icrrnan 
 nation ;— as the Hislio|)s have tliireby been sensibly obstrncted in the exwn- 
 tioiiot' iheir oii^'inal rinhtn; — as it was concluded imiy for a time, until tho 
 iii'xt expecL'd Council j— and that the jinnnised redresH was not jriven at tli.' 
 (,.1111(11 o!" Trent, hchi u wln.Ie century after, the (fcrnian nation most 
 earnestly, l)Ut, at the Hunie time, most Nubniisftively ex[nss nn expectation 
 ihat II;s Imperial Majesty, in the character of Supreme Head of th-' 
 bliiipire, will be pleased to apply to the ^jce <,t Rome, in order, by III, 
 Iii){li intercession, to brin-; about, within two years at farthest, it iiiitioiuil 
 ('(HiiMil, promised in the said Concordate as an essential condition, fin tlie 
 liiial redress of all these grievances ; and, if even hi this respect the former 
 ()l.,sta«!les should operate, most graciously to procure the indispensable re- 
 divss by steps consistent with the Constitution of the Empire. 
 
 The above Resolutions having been taken into mature consideration, by the 
 iiiKlersigned, have been unanimously resolved upon, and, after the nrod-.ir- 
 li..n of their respective full powers, signed in the names of tlieir consti- 
 liieiits, and sealed with their own usual seals. 
 
 Hath of Embs, 25tli August, 1786'. 
 
 (L.S.) VALENTIN IIEIMES, His Electoral Grace of Mentzi 
 Titular IJishop and Privy Councillor. 
 
 (L.S.) JO.SEPII LOUIS BECK, His Electoral Highness of 
 Treves's Privy Councillor and Otticial. 
 
 (L.S.) GEORGE HENRY VON TACTPIIAEUS, His Elec- 
 toral Highness of Cologne's ICcclesiastical and Privy 
 Councillor. 
 
 (L.S.) JOHN MICHAEL RCENIKE, Consistorial Councillor 
 of the Archbishop of Salzburgh. 
 
 in. 
 
 ^our Imperial Majesty, under date of October the 12th of last year was 
 pleased to impart to us the invaluable assurance of your high protection and 
 assistance, in the cluiractcr of Head of the Empire, accompanied by that 
 most just requi.sition to us, firmlv to maintain, in future, all our mctropoli- 
 laa and diocesan rights, atjuinsl all attacks, and against whatever might ap- 
 
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 poar mi oiu'roarlmu^nt of th(! Papal Court, or of iu Nuncios, upon t\\v\\ 
 rigl>t.«, ami upon pood onltT. 
 
 VVIiilf tlu'nc C!ttiinahlt> lontiinenU excited oitr most llvclv jfratitud', 
 wf jiul^fd it conninh'iii with tin* j;ood both of the Dio<v«an f 'hiirch, m. 
 truHtod to u», and thiit of thf (Jliuroh of tlie tiniviTiul (u'riii;iii nation, t* 
 conxtilt togfthir U|>on a miltjfct of nu(;h iniportanro ; to tr.KV tlio KpivniK,! 
 rli^lit'^ to thr vdircc of thf A|ioi«lli-* thi'mH»'lvf«, who have Iiiukm-*! thfin down 
 11 u» ; and, at the wmwu tinu-, proviiionrdly to dillno the principal prcroyt- 
 tivfi which wc dcciu iiiscp.irablo from our Kpiicopal OlHc^-, pniiuaut alike 
 to the original Con^tituiion of the Church and to divine institution, and 
 which we intend to reiumc, and nnitedly to Bccuru and uphold iit^aiunt all 
 ulterior limitation!*. 
 
 Wc anticipate the desire of the Head of the Empire, who i^ alrea<ly con- 
 vinced of our pant mortifications, in n •»|)cctfully offerin(f to your Iinpcnul 
 Majesty, hy iiirans of the inclosed, maturely conxidereil, ami nuanimounly 
 vuted, UcMihitionH, an abstract of those rights and prerofi;atives, and l>y w- 
 coDimendin^ them, under the Im|)erial (jrotection, as beii»<; a fuiul.i mental 
 ,Iaw of the empire, to Your Majesty's powerful sn|)port, as well as, sliould 
 th^rc bj need, to the Supreme interposition and mediation with the Court 
 of Rome, and tliat i-o much tlu more confidently, as the exalted attention of 
 Your Majesty, from your own gracious impulse, has an(ici{)atcd our ovtr 
 turrs. 
 
 Your Imperial Majesty will remark, from the pur|M>rt of our grievances, 
 how melaiu'.ioly the state of the derman Church must have been, ever 
 since the lime that the unrestricted and j)ienary exertion of our anhioiH 
 pastoral duty, aiul of the power required for it, and which admits neithir 
 of j)rescri})tion nor transfer, v/as <-cstraincd, on all side?, by the miscoii- 
 crptions of an unctdi^'htened B|;e, and that, in the discharRC of our pastoml 
 duty, wo were circiiin-cribcd by nothing so much as by the encroachinciiti 
 of the Court of Romi-. 
 
 These encroachments, so prejudicial to the liberty of the German Churcli, 
 wcie on the increase, indeed, at an early pcrio<l, and especially eincc the 
 j;p.ncral adoption of the Decretals fabricated by Isidore, after which period 
 ♦ hose usurpations were extended, more and more, by the retainers ol llu' 
 Court of llome ; such grievous wronsshavo impelled the German nation, fir 
 c^-nturies past, to raise many and loud complaints, anil, at the Councils of 
 Consiance, IJasIc and Trent, to press for a radical and complete rcdrcs-, 
 which, iiowever, it has never been able to obtain ; nay, even those public 
 agrci vneuts, concluded proviM'.nally to remove some particular grievances, 
 weic never entirely carried into ellect. 
 
 Tile resumption of our ori|^iiial ri<j,hts, therefore, at which we now aim, 
 hccomc;< more juritiriuble in projjortion as the iisurjtation of tlicm has been ol 
 !(.n^ continuance ; and as the said a^'reements contain many provisions to 
 \vhi<h the (icrinati nation has been forced to consent by the circumstance 
 r.f the times, and ^shicli still press upon it very heavily, nothins; is niori' 
 reasouiiblo and more desirable, in every respect, than that the redrcs-s, now 
 snu<;lit, should exlead also to those a;j,reements so burihenvomc to the 
 
 nation. 
 
 A«, hoivcvcr, it is not our intention yet to relimpii-h the observance of 
 (he Concordates ; as we, coriseqr.ently, confine our cfunpl tints to tlio nar- 
 tiaj constructions, and to the deviations of the (;.>urt of Home; and itat, 
 hc.'ides, iiii'ler the protection of His Imperial Maj'.'.sty, we ^hall resiht much 
 partial eonstructi<.ris or arbitrary doviatioiis ; we beg have to bring under 
 Your IniiJcrial Majesty's consifIeratic>n only tlie observation, thi.t to the 
 agreements concluded \vith the said Court arc manifestly appended mkIi 
 
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 Vnur I.n,u-riul M^...ty will, .uoorcli.mly. «I.h". it ,„on .quitaM.., for w 
 .,„l!.at.urotM.t. fo.ol.c.t ionr Map.yN „„|.| intorcmion/.o in,l ,ce the 
 (ourtol H.,.K- of ,t, ouu ucconl July to tran.,uilli« the Crnu u .ut o„ 
 «,tl,^rc,pt.ct to ihoH. agn..,n.ntH whul. arc „.. longer suited tu the prS 
 
 IJut if. .onirary toox,,.rlation. uotlm.K ca» he cftecte.l by fair n.eati. 
 .. ..n,.lo.v^om; I,„,H...a| Majesty Kranou.ly to von.hi.afe to^ take i one: 
 .hutc .te,M I.M- hr.MK.nK ahout ih. Council J,,„.hu,..|, ,„ul ex ,re».iv ro 
 ,n.s.-. ... .iu. 0..r...a.. CotH-orclut.. (.inc. tl... ..xpl.-ted ...'iu.f ha. M 'lu ted 
 liuiii ihutol Ireiit). hy :i "atioiiul ( 'onviMtion ,,f tin- (i.-rmui. Ak, l.i i i 
 an.l H.I.,,.. i,. 0...1.... that U.nehy d.e (.....aa .It!:;; a^; ir. ^'^3 
 iron, all a,,,Mel.n...on. a,„l hav. nv^mu restored to if, ,lL nuK. t L ^ 
 ul.Kh ,H .1. ,lue a..d vvh..h ,n eurher a;,... ,t cnjoynl for ec-. tu.-.el ^' 
 
 A.i.l.l, iiK;..ti»tallrea»oiiahleiioi..., .vi-ii this uxoediei.t ivl....| i 
 
 .h.ul.l..oUu.atta...al,let.. the extent d^'^ we' ^^ j^:ur' '1' 77 
 >..,.,>h-au.. that «,..• g,-ievanee.. and partieu! rly thos.. f LViS tot::";' '" 
 Minu'cxaot.oi.s oi- to the swilur weal of our s.,1.; ? '^'"'"'K }^ bu.lhfn. 
 i;...,.ire. h... .no,-e fully laid ..c.o.c/ You J l^n Y m'^^Iv "^ '^'T '\'^\' 
 E>„!mc a..d he take.i intocouMdoration ; .^t 7 ;;:''*'...:''''' "'"^ 
 
 ...l,v.of them, sueh n.ea.u.B be pursued. a^cithJ t e ia n y"",;;'..!! ^ 
 iriiirui.istaiiees 8u<rg<i>i. "" "'"/ minisii, 
 
 .. ';::u;n!1r;.r"'"""'^" """"'^•^' ^^ ^'«'"' '-I-'^^' ^^U-ty. favour, 
 
 IV 
 
 (t/iti Sahbiirg, 
 
 (ojnjuf Ills hperhl and ^fposfo/H' .Unr,o/i- Rrnh, ,.. >/ 
 
 yea.-, the war.,, /oal, and at tl . s'.:; / **V^'''*'''."''"'" "^ "'^' !>■•-•«'»* 
 ^vl.ic.1., eo.doru...ly u. U. e;!;'; . " 1 VS/ j: Ji;;:';^/';"'^'-- -ith 
 yoi. haveuiianinmslyexDressod vo... ■«,.!,.. I *^ ' ^^•^f"'»^''- >"«5, 
 
 citation of theCurrh ' "">' '"'" '^'^ disciplinary con- 
 
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 8tAti>i ill tlii'ir ri>4p«'tivt* tUi>r««t'« aitd «K«trict*, hy iirnmntittf; thii im[>^rteM 
 ohjtH't, a* tiiiuli u poMihlf. 
 
 Ah tn tin- «ivir«l iliniolutlont, aiiinmil to yttnr joint Untpr, I cwifpni my 
 ii«'ir ut iiri'M'iit with <»l)*«'rviiiif, tliut llu- |>4i".!«il»iliiy <>t' their tircomplwhnw'm, 
 and the iN'itclit in h.> i'S|K't'li'd fr«»m thiMu, ihiwuil, iu * ti;n.<*t iiK*»ure, on 
 th»' mvvi.Hi'* un«l |H'tfi'<'t ut^n-rim'nt ol' th«' Arr!ihi»h<»i>« with th« rxt'irtMiii 
 I'rvlati-ii, an well ut with thoir Siifrnij,Mnn, tiinl with V\iy*f .4t.ilf« of the Km- 
 •>iri' into whoM' «ii>nuHiimH tlif K|)isn»|nil Dimv «•« oxtcnil. It i«, thfrrforr, 
 f«i»t!ntiiilly iu>ci-i«»Hry tor y»Mr lli(;luM'»M'i» to ounie with iUmv Hi«ho|Mtoi 
 ronfid.iitial iinihr^tiuiifinK ; »ni! I, for riy part, winh u« itiikvrcly, a« I eon. 
 li(K ntly liojKr uikI lrii"<l, tlmt \\h'*k' lntttT, «<n(nf,'(| hy the «uin«' wnrimi'tiiv 
 w»d the lanir ooHvirlion, will, willimit jot* i f tiini-. coni-iir in th«; pnicm 
 •alntury work, «ii«l will, in nnim-cpuNv, vnth iinittd vtfortu and artivilv, 
 cxrrt thfinM'lvit, upon i-oinmoii priiu'iyln, for tlu' intcriMtn of our holy 
 lU'li^ioii, luitl <.*' Its a<lmiiii»tn»tioii, in all U-. parN. 
 
 Of niv vi(;orom» ro-oiM-ration and MipjK»i'«, lucordin^ t(» the whole ottpnt 
 of my rtiiiHTiiil protwiion of the Church, tt){r«'»'iil)ly to the Law* of the 
 Ktnpiif, your IIinhnenncM nwy be an fully Rssart'd, u» you may he convincd, 
 that I iiin, &c. Ulc. 
 
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