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whether from circumstance, mortal or venial, into which the confessor is in duty bound to inquire. And that he is not likely to overlook the first article, relative to heretical books, is plain enough from the No. quickly ensuing, that of 222, which is headed, "Faculties usually granted to the Bishops of Belgium, to allow the reading of prohibited books to those who apply for the license for the purpose of impugning them."[1] These faculties were not confined to
- ↑ For every thing, however, relative to the infamous bull in question, see the beginning of the most seasonable, im. portant, and unanswerable "Nullity of the Government of Q. Victoria in Ireland," &c. by the Rev. R. J. M'Ghee. Atp. 13, he has referred to the VIIIth, the Supplemental, volume of Dens, pp. 73, 74, 82-84, 98, 99, 101, 164, 165, as decisive proofs of the recognition of the bull in Ireland, as of standing authority. Some I had before noticed to that effect: but I have since examined the whole number. It is of some importance likewise to observe, that in the elaborate and celebrated work, the Prompta Bibliotheca of Fearari, under the word Excommunicatio, iii. 487-492, the bull in question, as issued by
professors of the magical art, that it is a point of honour to be relied upon from the company, for whose amusement the performance is given, to appear to be completely deceived, and an egregious breach of the same to appear to perceive the deception — absolutely shocking to expose and publish the discovery. The Doctor's letter to the approaching meeting of the Papal Institute, dated May 22, 1840, is an admirable instance of the familiar art of contriving to say some truths with the effect of falsehood — an effect so obvious, as by no possibility to be considered as unknown or unintended. Mr. M Ghee quickly tore away the deceptious veil.
