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THE
FRENCH KING'S
EDICT
Upon the r-
DECLARATION
Made by the
Clergy of FRANCE^
Of their Opinion concerning the Ecclefiaftical Poweri
wherein it fet fortht
That theKifig is Independent in TUngsTemporsd,
That General Councils are above the 9ope.
'f hat the Popes Power is to be limited by the Antient Canons*
That the Popes Decijions are not Infallibk without the Confint of tho
Church.
Together with the fald^
Declaration of the CLERGY^
As they were Regiftredin the PA RLlAMENT of PA RIS^
the 23 of March i582.
BV S N BV RG B,
Re-printed by the Heir of Andrew* Anehsfin^ Printer tO
cred Majejlyy ^^82* ^
( s)
The KING'S Edia i upon the De-
claration made by the Oe^^gy of
France, of their opinion concern-
ihg the Ecclefiaftical Power.
LO V I S By the Grace of GOD, King of Fravce and Na-
•varre^ Toall preient and to come. Greeting. Although'it
be a certain and uncontefted Truth, Eftablilhed upon the
Words of Chrifi: Himfelf, That Our Crown is Independent of any
iPower but that of GOt) alone , We have however received with
Satisfaftiori the Declaration which the Deputies of the Clergy of
France, Affembled by Our Permiflion in our good City of Paris,
have prefented to Us containing their Opinion touching the Ecclefi-
aftical Power : And We have lb much the more willingly heaikned
to the Requefi which the faid Deputies have made to Us, to caufe
the faid Declaration to be publifhed, for that, it being made by an .
Affembly compofed of fb many perfons equally recommendable for
their Virtue arid Learning, and who have with fo much Zea.l employ,
cd themfelves in whatever may be of advantage to tlie Church , and
Our Service, the Wifdom and Moderation with which they have
expreffed the Opinion that ought to be had on this Subjed, may very
much contribute to the confirming Our Subjefts in theRefpeft, which
they, as well as We, ought to have for the Authority which God
has given to the Church , and to the taking away, at the fame time
from the Minifters of the pretended Reformed Religion the pretext
they take , from the Books of fome Authors, to render the power
of the Vifible head of the Church, and the Center of Ecclefiaftical
Unity, Odious. For thefe Caufes, and other good and weighty
Confldferatibns, Us thereunto moving, after having cauled the laid
Declaration to be examined in Our Council. We have by this Our
prefent, perpetual, and irrevocable Edift, Said, Eltablifir.cd and Or-
dained, do Say, Eftablifli, and Orda'in, We Will , arid it pleafeth
Us, That the faid Declaration of the Opinion of the Clergy concer-
ning the Ecclefiaftical power, hereunto affixed, under the Seal of Our
A Chan-
c 4:>
Chanceryj beRegiftred in all Our Courts ofParliamcnt, Baillhvicks,
Senechalfies, Univerfities and Faculties of Divinity, and the Canon
La-w, in our Kingdom, Countries, Lands, and Sicgncuiics under our
Obedience.
I.
WE forbid all our Subje(51s, and all Strangers being in our
Kingdom, as well Seculars as Regulars, of what order. Con-
gregation, or Society they are, to teach in their Houies, Colledges,
or Seminaries, or to write any thing contrary to the Doftrine con-
tained in the lame.
I I.
We Command that thofo which (hall for the future be cholen to
teach Divinity in the Colledges of every llniverfity, whether theybe
Seculars or Regulars, fhall before they perform that Fundion in
the Colledges or Houfes Secular or Regular, fubfcribe the (aid De-
clarationin the Regiftriesofthe Faculties of Divinity, andpromifeto
teach the Dodtrine therein contained ; and that the Syndicsof the Fa-
culties ofDivinity fhall prefent to the Ordinaries of the Places, and to
•the Atturnies General, Copies of the laid ^ubfcriptions. Signed by
theRegifters of the laid Faculties.
in.
That in all the Colledges and Houfes of the faid Univerfities, where
there fhall be many Profefiors, whether Seculars or Regulars, One
of them fhall be oblieged every year to teach the Doftrine contain-
ed in the (aid Declaration 5 and in the Colledges where there fhall
be only one *Profeflbr, he fhall be oblieged to teach the fame every
third year.
IV.
We Command the Syndics of the Faculty ofDivinity to prefent
every year, before the Opening of the Ledlures, t o the Archbifhops
or Bifhops of the places where they are eftablifhed, and to fend to Our
Atturnies General the Names of the Profeffors who ftiall have the charge
of Teaching the (aid Dodrine j and We Command the faidProfef^
fors to prefent to the faids Prelates, and to Our Atturnies General
the Writings which they fhall diftate to their Schollars, when tliey
fhall be by them thereto required.
V.
We will, That no Batchelor, whether Secular or Regular, fhall
for the future be Licenfed in Divinity, or the Canon Law, nor re-
ceived a Dodor, till he has maintained the (aid Dodrine in one of
his Thef^jwhichhe fhall make appear to thofe that have right of con-
ferring the faid Degrees in the Umverfities,
VI.
We Exhort, and alfo Enjoyn all Archbifhops and Bifhops erf Our
Kingdom, Countreys, Lands and Segneuries under Our Obedience,
to employ thdr Authority in caufing the Dodrine contained in the
faid
laid Declaration of the faid Deputies of the Clergy to be taught in
their Dioceffes.
VII.
We Command the Deans, and Syndics of the Faculties of Divinity,
to take care of the Execution of thcfe Prefents, on pain of anfwering
the contrary in their own and private Capacities.
So We give Charge to Our Welhbeloved and Trufty holding Our
Courts of Parliament, that they caufe thefe Our prefent Letters , in
form of an Edid, to be Read, Publiftied, and Regiftrcd, together
with the laid Declaration of the Clergy, in the Regiftries of Our laid
Courts, Bailliwicks, (Scnechalfies, and Univerlities within their Jurif
didion, and that they lee the fame oblerved, without lufFering any
contravention therein diredlyor indiredly 3 and that they proceed
againft the Offenders in liich manner as they lhall think fit, according
to the Exigency of the cale 3 forfuchis Our pleafure. And that the
lame may remain firm and eftablilhed forever. We have caufed Our
Seal to be put to thele Prelents.
Given at <S'^ Germains in Laje, in the Month of in the
year of Grace 1682. and ofOur Reign the 39th.
Signed L 0 Z) 1
And loweri tythe King^ Colbert 5 k Tellier, and iJealed \vitli the
great Seal onGreen-Wax»
Regiftred, The i4tturney-General being heard, and lequiiingirj
that they may be put in Execution, according to their Form andXe-
nor, purluant to the Order of this Day. At Paris in Parliament,
the 23 of March' 1682.
Signed. D 0 N G 0 1 S,
The Veclaraim of the Clergy of France, toncermng the Ecckfajlkal
'Power, y
MAny there are who endeavour toinVadethe jOecrees and Liber-
ties oftheGallican Church ("with lb much Zeal contended Ibr
byour .<4nceftors) and even to undermine the Foundation of them,
which is Built upon the Holy Canons, and the Tradition of the Fa-
thers 3 nor are thole wanting , who under pretence of thole Liber-
3renot afraid to leffen the Supremacy of St. ^eter, and his Sue—
•eflors, the Popes of Rome^ Inftituted by Chriftj the obedience due
B to
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to them from all Chriftians, and the Majefty of the j^poftolick See
C revered by all people ) wherein the Faith is Preached, and the
Unity ot the Church prelerved. Neither do the Hereticks omit any
thing, whereby they may render the power, by which the peace of
the Church is prelerved, grievous and odious to Princesand their Sub-
jc-ds, and by thele Frauds they withdraw the Simple from the Com-
munion of their Mother the Church, and of Chrift ; To prevent
which Evils, we the ^^rchbilhops, and Bifliops, met at Parn, by the
Kings Command, reprefentingthe Gallican Church, with other Ec-
clefiaftical^ Perlons, deputed together with us, have after Mature de-
liberation,thought fit that the following Articles Ihould be eftablifhed
and declared.
I.
That the power of thingsSpiritual, and fuch as belong to our eter-
nal Salvation, was given by God to St./'eter, andhis SuccellbrsChrifts
Vicars, and to his Church, but not that of things Civil and Temporal;
our Lord laying, Mj/ Kwgdom rs not of this World, And again, Ren-
der therefore unto C^lar the things that are Cedars, and unto God the
things that are Gods. And this is meant by the Words of the i4poftle.
Let every Soul he fubjeld to the Higher lowers , For all power is from God^
and all powers arc ordained by God : He therefore that rejijiethy refjieth
the Ordinance of God, That therefore Kings and Princes are not, by
theCommand of God, fubjed in things Temporal, toany Ecclefiafti-
cal Power, neither can they diredly, or indireftly, be Depoled by
the power of the Keys of the Church, nor their Subjeds be freed from
their Duty and Obedience, and Oath of .dllegiance. And that this
' Opinion neceffary for the publick Peace , and nolelsuleful to the
Church than the State, is tq^be Maintained as altogether agreeable to
the Word of God, the Tradition of the Fathers, and the Examples of
the Saints.
But that this full Power o^ things Spiritual, is lb in the i4poffolical
See, and St. Pefm SuccelTors, the Vicars ofChrlft, as that withal the
Decreets of the Holy Oeconomical Council of Conliansy made in the
4th and 5 th Sefiions, concerning th Authority of General Councils,
which have been approved by the ylpoftolickSee, and Confirmed by
the pradice of thePopesof P<7/5?zr,and of the whole Chu rch,and always
Religioully oblerved by the Gallican Church, are in full Force, and
continue unalterable. And that the Gallican Church condems thole
that would take from the force of thole Decrees, as if their i4uthority
was doubted, oriels approved, or would apply them only to the times
of Schilrns.
III.
That therefore the ule of this /Ipoftolick power, is to be Moderat-
ed by the Canons, made by the Spirit of God, and Conlecrated by
the Reverence of the whole World. That like wife the Orders, Cu-
ftomes,'
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ftomes, and Statutes, received by the Crown and theGallican Church,
are of Force ^ and that the Bounds fixed by the Fathers , ought to
remain unremoved 5 and that it concerns the Greatneii! of the -^pofto-
Itolick See, that the Statutes and Cuftomes, confirmed by the confent
offb great a See, and of the whole Church, fhould beEftablilhed
upon a firm Foundation.
IV.
That in Queftions concerning Faith,the Pope has the chief part,and
that all and fingular Churches are concerned in his Decrees 5 But that
however his Decifions are not unrejfbrmable without theconientofthe
Church.
V.
Which Doftrines we have received from the Fathers, do Decree to
befent to,all the Gallican Churches, and to the Biftiops by the Holy
Spirit prefiding over them , that we may all fay the fame thing, and
be all of the fame Mind.
Signed by ,
The Archbijbop of Paris, PrejidcKt.
The hrchbijlwp of Rheims.
Six other Archbifjops.
By 16 Bijhops^ and the reB of the Deputies of the Clergy^
Begijired in the Parliament of Paris, the 23. ^March, 16S2,
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