ato_) of the royal
junta of the Immaculate Conception, and of various literary
societies, only judge of the new liturgy, president of the
apostolical commission of the subsidy of the clergy, of the tribunal
of the grace of the _Excusado_, and of that of the general treasury
of _Espolios y Vacantes_, {176} senator of the kingdom, and
apostolical commissary-general of the Holy Crusade, and other
pontifical graces in all the dominions of H. M., with a view of
making them known to the faithful, and that they may be able to avail
themselves of so precious a treasure, reduce them into a summary in
the form following:--
In the first place,--To our lady the queen, who with constant care
and diligence watches over the propagation of our holy Catholic
faith, the splendour of the worship, and the decorum of the temples;
and to all the faithful Christians who are on the Spanish territory,
or who may come to it within the year, reckoning from the day of the
publication of this bull, and who shall contribute to such holy ends
with their alms, taking this summary, and having our authority to
enjoy the graces in it contained, his holiness concedes the same
plenary indulgence which has been accustomed to be conceded to those
who went to the conquest of the Holy Land, and in the year of
Jubilee; if contrite for their sins they shall confess them with the
mouth and receive the holy sacrament of the eucharist, or, not being
able to confess, desire truly to do so.
Item,--To those above said, his holiness concedes that even in time
of interdict (provided they have not given cause for it, nor been an
obstacle to its being raised), and having permission for it from the
commissary-general, even one hour before daybreak, and another after
noon, can within the same year celebrate, if they are presbyters, or
cause masses to be celebrated and other divine offices in their
presence, and in the presence of their familiar friends, domestics,
and relatives, and receive the eucharist and other sacraments (except
on Easter-day), as well as in churches where, on the other hand, it
is permitted in any mode of celebration whatever of the divine
offices during such interdict, as in a private oratory set apart
solely for divine worship, and that it may be visited and appointed
by the ordinary; and that they may ass
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