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pressly 9 that the rigour of the sacred canons must be much abated , and much consideration bestftwed on times and circumstances . The chapters of the bishoprics are to present a list of candidates to the fong , who ( as in the Netherlands ) is to strike out any not acceptable to him ; then the chapter elects , and the Pope confirms , if he approves the choice , and the election has been regular ; if not , the Pope allows a second choice . The bishops must be thirty-three , the dignitaries thirty ; and both here and in the other cases above noticed , it is most creditable to the Catholic church that there
is an express regulation , that no one shall have a stall unless remarkable for his learning , for his zeal as a parish priest , or in assisting the bishop in the affairs of the diocese . In Saxe Weimar , the Duke has published a law relating to the state of the Roman Catholic religion in his dominions . In Spain , again , the jurisdiction of the Pope has suffered very considerably for the last seventy years * By two Concordats , one signed 1753 , the other
1771 , it has been arranged , that the King shall present to all consistorial benefices , and that the Pope shall have a certain limited number of benefices at his disposal . He gives up his old rights of making the persons presented pay a large sum , of disposing of the property of deceased prelates and the revenues of vacant benefices . The privileges of Nuncios were diminished ; strong measures taken as to the reception of Papal bulls obnoxious to the government ; and arrangements made for compelling the prelates to take an oath of fidelity to the King .
Even at Naples the King claimed the right of nominating to the bishoprics in his dominions ; and a kind of compromise was made by a concordat , ( in the year 1791 , if we are not mistaken , ) which gave the Pope the right of presenting three candidates for the King ' s choice . There were other points in dispute ; as , for example , the homage of the haquene ' e , due from
the King of Naples to the Court of Rome , which was refused ; and a correspondent of Ricci ' s ( Memoirs , Vol . II . p . 308 ) mentions , that he heard the Pope protest against this . It was reported in 1824 and 1825 , that the dispute , as to this homage , was renewed on the election of Leo XIII , Enough has been stated to shew that the abridgements of Papal power , even in Catholic countries , have been neither few nor inconsiderable . The
feverish dislike shewn by the old governments to disturb legitimate institutions has alone prevented the tendency from becoming more extensive and productive . 7-
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Enchantress ! as thy fairy fingers stray Thy much-lov'd harp ' s melodious strings among , My spirit bows beneath the magic sway Of thy resistless art , and borne along By sounds of more than earthly harmony , Feels a strange joy that words were vain to speak , And from my bosom bursts th * unconscious sign ,
And tears unbidden fall upon my cheek . Say , is it aught of earth that prompts the strain , And pours the soul of music o ' er thy mind ; Or does the love of heaven and virtue reign ,. Within thy breast , and in sweet union bind All soft affections—that thy touch inspires Such holy hopes , high thoughts , and pure desires ! M » A »
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1828, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2559/page/13/
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