The following is from Alexander VII’s “Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarum,” issued December 8, 1661:
7.- Prohibición de publicar libros o escritos contrarios
a esta sentencia
Prohibimos, bajo las penas y censuras contenidas en el
Índice de los libros prohibidos, los libros en los cuales se pone en duda la
mencionada sentencia, fiesta o culto conforme a ella, o se escribe o lee algo
contra esas cosas de la manera que sea, como arriba queda dicho, o se contienen
frase, sermones, tratados y disputas contra las mismas, editados después del
decreto de Paulo V arriba citado, o que se editaren de la manera que sea en lo
porvenir por expresamente prohibidos, ipso facto y sin más declaración.
Nos prohibimos a todos, adhiriéndonos a las
Constituciones de Sixto IV, afirmar que los que sostienen la opinión contraria,
conviene a saber, que la gloriosa Virgen María fue concebida con el pecado
original, incurren en el crimen de herejía o cometen un pecado grave mortal ya
que la Iglesia Romana y la Sede Apostólica aun no lo han decidido, como que
tampoco Nos de ningún modo queremos o intentamos decidir por ahora; los que no
obstante osaren condenar la opinión contraria por incursa en herejía, pecado mortal
o impiedad, los sancionamos, además de las penas a las que los condenan el Papa
Sixto IV y los otros Romanos Pontífices, Nuestros Predecesores, con otras más
graves penas que inflingimos más arriba a los que contravienen esta Nuestra
Constitución.
Here is a translation of the
above:
7. Prohibition of Publishing Books or
Writings Contrary to This Judgment
We prohibit, under the penalties and censures contained
in the Index of Prohibited Books, all books in which the aforementioned
judgment, feast, or veneration in accordance with it is doubted, or in which
anything is written or read contrary to these matters in any manner whatsoever,
as stated above, or which contain phrases, sermons, treatises, or disputes
against the same—whether published after the decree of Paul V, cited above, or
to be published in any manner in the future—[such books] are expressly prohibited,
ipso facto, and without any further declaration.
Furthermore, adhering to the Constitutions of Sixtus IV,
we prohibit anyone from asserting that those who hold the contrary
opinion—namely, that the glorious Virgin Mary was conceived with original
sin—are guilty of the crime of heresy or commit grave mortal sin, as the Roman
Church and the Apostolic See have not yet made a definitive decision on this
matter, and neither do we intend or wish to decide at this time in any way.
However, those who would nonetheless dare to condemn the contrary opinion as heretical,
mortally sinful, or impious, we subject, in addition to the penalties imposed
by Pope Sixtus IV and other Roman Pontiffs, Our Predecessors, to more severe
penalties which we impose above on those who contravene this Our Constitution.
As noted by one Eastern
Orthodox critic of the Immaculate Conception:
According to Pope Alexander VII in 1661, it is not
permitted to lal those heretics who deny the Immaculate Conception. According
to [Pius] IX in 1854, it “is a doctrine revealed by God” and it is necessary to
call those heretics, who deny the Immaculate Conception. Furthermore, from the
historical accounts, it appears that political expediency is the reason that
the Pope of Rome did not infallibly settle the matter earlier. Several Popes
were directly consulted on this question, at multiple times in different
centuries, and yet refused to settle the question. Many highly influential Roman
Catholics repeatedly urged and pressed the Popes to define the dogma. The Latin
Council of Trent deliberately avoided discussion of this question to preserve
unity among Latins and avoid the controversial and troublesome disputes between
the Dominicans and Franciscans. (“George,” Errors
of the Latins: Notes on the Differences Between Traditional Roman Catholicism
and the Eastern Orthodox Church, and an Analysis of Their Historical Controversies
[June 25, 2021], 132)
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