Post tam diuturnas

Post tam diuturnas is an apostolic letter from Pope Pius VII in which he wrote on April 29, 1814 about the constitution proposed by the Sénat Conservateur after the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy . Post tam diuturnas is addressed to Mgr. De Boulogne , Bishop of Troyes .

Directives

The Pope initially expresses his satisfaction with the restoration of his rule in the Papal States and the House of Bourbon in France . He had sent an extraordinary nuncio to France to Louis XVIII. by congratulating him on his restored power.

The Pope's joy was saddened by the constitution proposed by the Senate (two months before the Charte constitutionnelle ) published in the newspapers (in Latin : Gaudium tamen hoc nostrum cito grandissimus perturbavit dolor, cum scilicet novam regni constitutionem a Parisiensi senatu decretam publicae ephemerides retulerunt ). Pope Pius VII laments the concealment of Catholicism and the almighty God through whom the kings rule (in Latin: Dei omnipotentis quidem, per quem reges regnant ) in the constitution.

Pius VII condemns freedom of conscience and religion ( libertas conscientiae , libertas cultus ) in Article 22 of the Constitution, highlighting the blood sacrificed by martyrs in France and the zealous support given to religion by the House of Bourbon. This article, according to Pius VII., Inflicts a deadly wound on the Catholic religion, it provides for the mixing of truth and error, for the same place allotted to the heretical sects , including faithless Judaism , and Catholicism (in Latin: hoc ipso veritas cum errore confunditur, ac pari loco cum haereticorum sectis, judaicaque ipsa perfidia, sancta et immaculata Christi sponsa Ecclesia […] collocatur. ) and refers to Augustini De Haeresibus .

The Pope deplores the freedom of the press granted by Article 23 ( libertas imprimendi ). It prepares a certain ruin for morals and beliefs (in Latin: de servata permissaque articulo XXIII, imprimendi libertate, ex qua sane […] quam certa pernicies moribus et fidei impendat ). The Pope presupposes the worst evils ( gravissima haec mala ) if everyone is allowed the freedom to print whatever he likes. The Pope asks the bishops of France to make an effort to have that constitution rejected and to visit the king to express his sadness and to clarify the danger to Catholicism , the souls and the fate of the faith in France (in Latin: exponas quam gravia catholicae religioni damna, quanta animabus pericula, quod fidei exitium in Galliis comparetur ), if the above articles were confirmed (22, 23 and 6, 24 and 25, the content of which is not related by the Pope in the apostolic letter).

Aftermath

The constitution was made by Louis XVIII. rejected, who on June 4, 1814 issued the Charte constitutionnelle .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lettres apostoliques de Pie IX, Grégoire XVI, Pie VII, encycliques, brefs, etc.: texte latin avec la traduction française , pp. 240, 242, 244 (original text in Latin and translation into French)

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Lettres apostoliques de Pie IX, Grégoire XVI, Pie VII, encycliques, brefs, etc .: texte latin avec la traduction française , Post tam diuturnas can be found on pp. 240–247 of the book (original text in Latin and translation into French)

[LA-1] Lettres apostoliques de Pie IX, Grégoire XVI, Pie VII, encycliques, brefs, etc.: texte latin avec la traduction française , pp. 240, 242, 244 (original text in Latin and translation into French)