POMWU8 OF THE POPE.



  "1 5. That in any vacancy of administration in a
civil government, he can exercise in its dominions
any and all jurisdietion, by his own proper authority.
  " 6. That he has the right to command (Roman)
Catholic governments to chastise, by force of arms,
any government that may show itself rebellious
against him; in which case snob governments are
bound to use their endeavors to cause the Pope to
be obeyed, and ewclesiastica respected, by armed
force.
  " 7. That in case of a civil government trans-
gresaing its obligations to its subjects, the Pope has
a right to interfere for its chastisement.
  "8. That the ultimate settlement of all disputes,
not only ecclesiastical, but civil also, belong to the
Pope; and that no one can violate a papal decision,
even though the cause, both as to the question
itself and as to the persons litigating, were merely
temporal.
  9 '. That in a cause merely temporal, both as
regards the question and the person, it is necessary
to obey the Pope, and not to reply, even should he
decide unj ustlv.
  i' 10. That it the Pope issue his. commanda to a.
layman in a civil case, even unjustly, the layman is
bound to obey; even if the Pope should command
a layman to give up to him his own property, and
on resistance should excommunicate him, the layman
is bound to submit to the excommunication.
  " 11. That civil governors are bound to obey the
Plope in whatsoever he may command, even in
temporal matters; and if they do not, he can
chastise and punish them.
  " 12. That in every case the civil governor is
bound to satisfy the Pope, without reference to the
justice or injustice of his demand; and that if all
the world should be of an opinion contrary to that
of the Pope, he is bound to stand by what the Pope
says; and if he should not follow the opinion of the
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