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honours , and < at the same tinje tp Ifiigr ^ e Jtp ^ ustre , of . tfce Roman purple . r , / Tn § classic .. writers of t ) ie age pjt L » eo , while tney befield so many clistlnguisned c
haracters collected in this assembly , and while they received so much encouragement from its learned members , looked up to it with reverence and affection , and toyfully applied £ o it the titles and appellations pf the ancient senate .
It was . with X \ iern amplissimus c < & iu # f imperil et rationis arxpartius omnium gentium—Orbis terrarum concilium , SfC Its members were , the purpurati pair cs — gentium patroni — Urbisi przpcipes * Sf £ . It cannot
therefore ^ be a matter of surprise that ttis dignity should at all times hfkve been the object of ecclesias- > tic ^ l ambition , and been accepted withjoyi ( by , the sons even of the first monarchs in Europe . t ~ ni j . _ t" j i aI . _ The caHinals named bth
are y e f * ope , though all the Catholic powers are allowed to recommend a certain number * . Some hats are generally kept in reserve , in ^ case ojf . anjf . eniergency * so that the number is seldom full .. The
nomi nation is not often abused ., and thei ^ o » oursQ rarely misplaced , that the public b ^ s not been known to copaplain tov a long lapse of years . The grand assembly of the cardinals is called the consistory , where the Pontiff presides in person * Here they appear in all the splendour of the purple and' form
a most majestic senate , suet as might aJmost justif y the empha ^ tical expression of the Greek orator . BurtHis acssembly ij not pte cisel y ^ » couRf il , as it Seldom discusses , but witbe « ses the ratifica-
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tion o ( measures previously weighs ed and adopted in ite pabin ^ i of the Pontiff . Here therefore public communications are announc . ed foreign ambassadors received , cardinals created - formal com .
pliments made and answered ^ in short , the exterior splendour of sovereignty displayed to the pub . lie eye . But the principal prero . gative of a cardinal is exercised in the Conclave , so called because
the members ot the sacred College are then confined within the pre * cincts of tire great h&lls of the Vatican palace , wtere they re . main immured till tbey agre ^ in the election of a Ponliff . The
hails are divided into temporary apartments ; each cardinal iuu four small rooms , and two att ^ r dants called conclavists . The Se »
nator of Rome , tke conservatory and , the patriarchs , arc&bisiiops , and bi&hops ^ then ta the ckyf guard the different entrances iuto tW Conolave , asd prevent tM communication . These , preceu . tions to exclude ail undue inflow
ence and intrigue ^ . from such an assembly , on 6 uck an occasioa > though not always erfectual , de * - serve applause . However % t , t ^ e clashing interests of the different courts are so well-poised , thftf eyen intrigue can do ^ but little mischief ; for if the cardiuals aU
tached to any sover ^ ga make par * tioulnr efforts in favour of any individual of the same interest * they pnly awaken tke jtsaloqsjr and rouse the opposition of ail the other courts and . parties . In
fact , the choice generajiy Calls on a cardinal totally unfifonnectcd wi th party , aad : therefore Mceptionable to nooe , eafcempt fron ^ larip ^ ttofectB , and qrdiwtfriljr *«• maxkabie for some virtue ur 4 itfe-
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fOO ^ ie ^ ovkt of £ w * l fiopt * f Rome
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 700, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/8/
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