...non-circulation of the Bible. Let us however see what Popery itself says as to this vital matter. " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...inquisitors, who may by the advice of the priest or confessor, PERMIT the reading of the Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue by tlie Catholic Authors,...

...the Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue, (that is, into the common language of the people,) be indiscriminately allowed to every one, the temerity...will cause more evil than good to arise from it." Here we arc explicitly taught that the universal circulation of the Holy Bible would be productive...

...the fourth rule of the Congregation of the Index we have this authoritative statement:— " It is in this point referred to the judgment of the Bishops or Inquisitors, who may by the advices of the Priest or Confessor permit the reading of the Bible translated into the vulgar tongue...

...pretext above assigned — viz., that, if translations be indiscriminately allowed in the vulgar tongue, "the temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it," is no just reason for depriving the people of the Word of Life : for — 1. Errors and heresies are...

...assures the Christian world that, " It is manifest from experience that if the Holy Bible translated in the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to...men will cause more evil than good to arise from it ; therefore, if any one shall have the presumption to read or possess himself of a Bible, without a...

...prohibitory rule, by which the Romanists are interdicted an indiscriminate reading of the Scriptures : — "Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that...vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to every cue, the temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it, it is, on. this point, referred...

...consent of the fathers.'' In the fourth rule of the Index Librorum prohibitorum, it is thus enacted : " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue, be discriminately allowed to every one, thé temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from...

...ordained in 1564, and beginning " Cum experimento manifesturn sit." " Inasmuch as it is manifest by experience that if the Holy Bible, translated into...inquisitors, who may, by the advice of the priest or confessor, permit the reading of the Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue by Catholic authors,...

...late as the year 1841 the Index of Prohibited Books, published by command of the Pope, states that " inasmuch as it is manifest, from experience, that...the judgment of the bishops or inquisitors, who may permit, &c. But if any one shall have the presumption to read or possess it without such permission,...

...design of the council was to place as many difficulties in the way as possible ; for they held, that " it is manifest from experience, that if the Holy Bible,...of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it."t It i sa l so worthy of remark, that the true spirit of Popery is not allowed to develope itself...