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per Beatum Petrum c(Eli clavigerum^ ejosque
8ucce88ores, suos in tenit Vicarios^ commisit
fidelibus salubriter dispensandum ; et propriidj
et rationabilibus cansis, nunc pro totalis nnnc
pro partiali remissione poens temporalis pro
peccatas ^ebitse^ tam generaliter^ quam specia*
liter, prout cum Deo expedire cognoscerent,
▼ere pcenitentibiis et oonfimis misericorcliter
applicandum. Ad cujus quidem thesauri cumu*
him Beatas Dei genetricis, omniumque dec*
torum, a primo justo ad ultimum merita admi-
niculum prostaie noecantur ; de cujua consump-
tione," &c.
These acre the most authentto expositions of
the papal claims of indulgence ; and they are
to be found in the Corpus Juris Canonici^
Extravag. Commun. lib. v. tit. ix. capp. 1 et 2«
It is remarkable, that in the latter of these
documents, either abatement of claim or pru-
dence, has limited the remission to temporal
punishment. But in this, as in most other
pretensions of the same nature, there is a con-
venient generality, or glorious uncertainty.
The doud may be made to. assume any figure
which the imagination or interest suggests*
But although these exhibitions of the claim
are comparatiTelj recent^ they must neoeesa*
