...themselves, (one of which, printed at Rome 1 787, now lies before me,) the 4th Rule is thus ex.. pressed : " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...cause more evil than good to arise from it ; it is, on tins point, referred to the judgment of the Bishops, or Inquistors, who may, by the advice of the Priest...

...while the infinitely purer morality of the Scriptures is prohibited to be read, because, forsooth, if" the Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue,...men will cause more evil than good to arise from it ! ! ! " With as much reason might men be prohibited from eating or drinking, for fear they should abuse...

...to the following effect : " ' Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if the lluly liiMr, translated into the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately...more evil than good to arise from it, it is, on this jxiint, referred to the judgment of the Bishops, or Inquisitors, who may, by the advice of the Priest,...

...to deal in Bibles. In the 4th Rule of the Index Librorum prohibitorum, it is thus enacted :— ^ " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...will cause more evil than good to arise from it," (with as much reason might men be prohibited from eating or drinking, for fear they should abuse that...

...pregnant with danger, and is as much as possible prevented. " It is manifest from experience," say they, " that if the Holy Bible, translated into 'the vulgar...of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it."93 Similar assertions have been littered in papal bulls from that time to the present, and such...

...expel the darkness of Popery. The preamble to this fourth rule is very significant. It declares, that " it is manifest from experience that if the Holy Bible...will cause more evil than good to arise from it." The inquisitors were certainly right, using the words " evil " and " good " in the sense of defection...

...of the " Congregation of the Index," framed upon the Spirit of the Decree, says, " It is mani" fest from experience, that if the Holy Bible, translated...will cause more evil than good to arise from it." To shew how faithfully the unchangeable Church adheres to such principles to the present time, it is...

...Expurgatory Index," under the authority of the Council of Trent, 'and the Pope, says in so many words, " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...men will cause more evil than good to arise from it" — and it goes on to say, that permission may be given in writing by bishops or inquisitors, to such...

...prohibited books, prepared by order of the Tridentine Assembly, we find this appalling language : — " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...Inquisitors, who may, by the advice of the Priest or the Confessor, permit the reading of the Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue by Catholic Authors,...

...suspected: and the text of his editions is not to be considered as the text of the vulgate edition. '' 4 Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...every one, the temerity of men will cause more evil limn good to arise from it, it is, on this point, referred to the judgment of the bishops, or inquisitors,...