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lutrallan eatOlif PERTH, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1879.
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Holiness the favour sought for, with exception for you to the general rules of migration from the north, wandered for the sense of deepest homage, sincere Ecclesiastical Discipline by conceding to a long time in the Mexican valley, till gratitude, and profound veneration, I you the titles, the insignia, and the in 1325 they halted on the southwest At eleven on Friday morning the prostrate myself to kiss your sacred feet, honours of the episcopal dignity, borders of the lake of Tezcuco, and Holy Father, surrounded by a number and I implore the Apostolic benediction wrongly conferred upon you heretofore by there beheld an eagle perched on the of Cardinals belonging to the Sacred of your Holiness. some prelates, deserters from Catholic stem of a nopal, or caotus plant, and Congregation of Propaganda for Affairs unity. And animated by the same engaged in devouring a serpent. An " Rome, 1st April, 1879. of the Oriental Rite, deigned to admit, spirit of charity and of Christian love, oracle having announced the omen as " The most humble, most devoted in the Hall of the Throne, Mgr. we are disposed to embrace and receive auspicious, and as indicating the site of son, servant and presence. his into Giovanni Kiupelian all those who through the height of mis- their future metropolis, they founded it recognised having This prelate, after " OHAN ICTL'PELIAN." fortune live out of the true Church of upon the islets of Lake Tezcuco, calling his errors and having restored to the Jesus Christ, if with sincere soul like to the place Tenochtitlan, " nopal in a and signature This letter, the of Mgr. Imperial Its Sublime Porte the Berat, or Kiupelian, were certified to by yours they would wish to return to it. stone," in allusion to the omen. Decree of Investiture as Patriarch of " Oh ! how dear to us are the churches name of Mexico was subsequently deProcurator Ferabian, Guiseppe of the Mexitiii. Cilicia, has come to Rome in order to Catholic Armenian Patriarch of Cilicia, of the East How greatly do we admire rived from that of their god make his personal submission to the and their ancient glories I How happy should By the middle of the fifteenth century Barnaba Akschhirlian, Chancellor Holy See. It was at the foot of the of the same. we be to see them shine with their pris- the city had become large and prosPontifical Throne that he was desirous tine greatness I To such end, in the perous, and in place of reeds and rushes Father then, The Holy with paternal of manifesting to his Holiness the sentihumility of our heart, we fervently were substituted lime and stone ; and affection, admitted Monsignor the who ments of sincere repentance which he the evening of November 7, had just read retractation the to the supplicate the Prince of Pastors in order when, on had, and this he did by reading in the kissing long line of glittering edifices its He deign 1519, that may to cause His Divine of the foot and hand, and then presence of all with a firm voice the met the eyes of Cortez and his to in the many first light shine minds of so expressed his feelings and intentions in following letter which he had addressed wandering children of the East, and to followers, it looked, says, Prescott, like discourse the following arrival in his on to the Holy Father " It is sweet and consoling to a implant within them that generous a thing of fairy creation rather than the Rome:hands. On their entry father to embrace again and to press to courage that after your example may work of mortal " Most Holy Father, cause them to return again into the old into Mexico next day the Spaniards son whom a he deemed lost. his bosom of " I am one of the strayed sheep admiration in the A shepherd exults with joy on seeing fold of Christ, and recognise the Sovereign found fresh cause,for your Holiness, who making myself disauthority of the One Supreme Pastor of grandeur of the city and the superior for a wandering long time, the sheep, obedient and despising the admonitions style of its architecture. The city was returning again to the sheepfold which the whole Church. and the censures of the Apostolic See, he " Meanwhile, as a pledge of our pardon nine miles in circumference, and the This joy, this conhad abandoned. have separated myself from the bosom about 60,000, solation, our heart experiences to -day and of the particular affection with number of its houses was ()four Holy Mother the Church Catholic, which wo have received you to our and of inhabitants probably 500,000. you, beloved in seeing Son, long waited adhered to the new Armenian schism for, returning again into the bosom of bosom, from the depth of our heart we Though a few of the streets were wide of Coustantinople, and dared to assume, were the Catholic Church, and taking away impart to you, beloved son, and to all and of great length, most of them against the laws of the (Roman) mean houses. the germ of a most fatal division from the Armenian and Oriental Catholics, narrow, and lined with order episcopal the Church, Catholic The large streets were intersected by the midst of the Catholics of Armenia. the Apostolic Benediction. and the name of Catholic Patriarch. numerous canals crossed by bridges, joy is still greeter and holy this And etc." " Benedictio, personally heart, Now, with contrite and an old painting which I saw at the felt because more deeply we have every I Holiness, feet of your approaching the The Cardinals who surrounded the palatial residence ;of Mr. Barron, the the reason to believe in sincerity and clemency humbly ask from your paternal testified to blgr. Kiupelian millionaire banker-an Irishman and constancy of yoar conversion. The Pontiff also the pardon of all my faults and aberrathe most cordial and affectionate senti- Waterford man to boot-at Tacubaya, courage and the firmness with which tions. showed the canals and their quaint you have taken and accomplished so ments. " Most Holy Father, previous to my boats, canoes, and bridges. This picture, assures a resolution us of it. generous RETRACTATION or PROFESSOR VOLPI- which is of great value, dates from the departure from Constantinople, wishing by Wo are also assured of it the to epair all the wrongs and the scandals CELLI. Cortez period, and is much prized by and the good proposals pOluced by my illegitimate patriarchate, circumstances its owner, and indeed by the country at ; the sincere humility it which accompany Professor Paolo Volpicelli, Secretary large, as it has come to be regarded Oflicially gave iu my resignation to the which to lay you down all the caused ,epu t Lillie Porte, from whore I had re- episcopal insignia, which, by a long and of' the Accademia dei Lincei for thirty almost as the property of the nation. years-from 1847 to 1877-brought ceived it ; I have confessed my grave fatiguing journey, brought you to Rome, sorrow to the hearts of good Catholics The palace of Montezuma, near the errors, declaring in presence of the Subwas a pile of low, to give personally and spontaneously by attaching his name to an address centre of the city, lime Porte the innocence of his Exirregular stone buildings of' vast extent. due to the Apostolic See ; sent on a famous reparation the Antonio occasion from the Mgr. Rev. cellency the Very Another palace assigned to Cortez on and that, in order to better dispose you Pietro IX., legitimate Patriarch and to receive the benefit of absolution, Roman University to Dr. Dollinger. his entrance into the city was so large On of the eve his his death, however, most the Cutholicos, and proclaiming counselled you to shut yourself up be- Professor made a retractation, and as to accommodate his whole army. But sacred rights and those of the Holy See. the most remarkable edifice of the city and spiritual in a holy retireforehand received through Mgr. Pecci, brother was the great teocalli, or temple, comNow, likewise, in conformity with the ment. This is assured to us above all of the Sovereign Pontiff, the benediction pleted iu 1486. It was encompassed by oath which I took at my sacerdotal by the noble sentiment of repentance ordination, I renew my vow of obedience for past errors and the full and entire of the Pope in articulo mortis. The a stone wall about eight feet high, Professor wrote . " On recommending to the Apostolic See, and I sincerely profession of Catholic faith to which you my soul to the Almighty, and to the ornamented on the outer side by figures profess the doctrine of the (Roman) of serpents in basso rilievo, and pierced expression in our given have just now whole court of Heaver,, I declare before Catholic Church, taught to me from on its four sides by gateways opening presence. and God man that I always namely, as have ray infancy, of years early the on the four priucipal streets. Over each Most thank the Merciful " We God firmly believed in mind the successor and heart whatPontiff, is (Roman) the that gate was an arsenal, and barracks near our soul, of who depths operatfrom the of ever the Catholic Apostolic the Vicar Roman St. Peter, Apostle of the the temple were garrisoned by ten upon efficaciously His grace you, ing by Church I of the believes and teaches, so wish Head and the Jesus Christ, thousand soldiers. The temple itself that our Pontificate should willed has right, and in the to future live and die with the Divine by Universal Church was a solid pyramidal structure of earth so with fortunate an event. be gladdened to help of : in belonging God that if my acts or matters that he, as well in and pebbles, coated externally with we thank the same time, Him And at of writings be in those there should found anything faith and morals, as hewn stones. It was square, its sides that by his goodness you you, have also for in profession discord with this of mine facing the cardinal points, and was discipline, has the immediate authority accomplish an to act courage so had the as a sincere Catholic (as was the signa- divided into five stories, each of which from Jesus Christ to teach, to feed, to rule and govern the whole Church, as noble, and which so highly honors you. ture which I placed to the address of receded so as to be smaller than that humbly one's own some Professors of the Roman University in general so in particular each nation For to recognise below it. The ascent was by a flight and individual, whether of the Oriental fault, to confess it, to detest it in public, to Dollinger, without having previously of 114 steps on the outside, so contrived and to make amends for it, is assuredly examined its contents), I intend hence- that to reach the top it was necessary or of the Occidental Rite. " In renewing, Most Holy Father, the most difficult of victories ; and ac- forward to reprove it, condemn it, and to pass four times round the whole my aforesaid profession, I humbly cording to the infallible judgment of declare it contrary to my Catholic edifice ; and the base of the temple is supplicate your Holiness to receive me Divine wisdom, instead of rendering principles, and to the true sentiments of supposed to have been three hundred anew into the bosom of the Holy vile and degrading, it ennobles and my will," feet square. The summit was a large The funeral:of Volpicelli took place area paved with broad, flat stones. On Catholic Church, absolving me from all exalts the soul of him who reaches the victory. of such a In presence fulfilment incurred irregularities of Augustine, and, and at the Church S. the censures it were two towers or sanctuaries, and by me, to which end I reti act sincerely of so luminous and so edifying an ex- although this retractation was known, before each was an altar, on which a faults is of past every memory ample, written, and said, many friends of the Professor, who are fire was kept perpetually burning. all that I have operated against the Holy Roman cancelled, and you, beloved son, acquire well known for their anti-Catholic The top of this remarkable structure an glory before thereby imperishable sentiments, assisted at the solemn commanded a superb view of the city, Apostolic See ; I likewise pray your ceremony. Holiness to concede me the permission God and man. lake, valley, and surrounding mountains. " For which reason we, who however to make a retreat for some days in The police of the city was efficient and holy exercises and in penance fur grave unworthy hold the office of God's vicar vigilant, and a thousand men were daily Mexico. For all on earth, mindful of the immense charity scandals and unlawful acts. employed in watering and sweeping the which I will ever be a grateful servant of Jesus Christ, who not only accords streets, As the lake that surrounded The Mexico of Montezuma deserves the city was extremely brackish, pure and most faithful son of your Holiness ; pardon to the sincere, but distinguishes for the sincerity of which sentiment of him besides by signs of true predilection, mention before that of Porfirio Dinz, water for the supply of the people was mine I call in witness the Almighty cannot but pour forth from our paternal and it skull have its due. Mexico owes brought by an aqueduct from the God and the Divine and Apostolic heart all our clemency upon you. In its chief historical interest to its situa- neighbouring hill of Chapultt3pec, where the act, morever by which we accord to tion upon the site of the ancient city, authority of your Holiness. a summer palace, sur" Trusting that I may soon obtain you entire and most ample pardon, of the capital of the Montezumas. The Montezuma had vast and magnificent by rounded after their your ancient of Mexicans, make or clemency we intend to an Aztecs, our own free will from the paternal
Retractation of Mgr. Kiupelian.
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