in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla;
the second and fifth, from MSS. in the Academia Real de la Historia,
Madrid.
_Translations_: The first document is translated by
Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A.; the third and sixth, by James
A. Robertson; the remainder, by Robert W. Haight.
PAPAL BULL CONCERNING MISSIONS
_Constitution of our most holy lord, by divine Providence pope,
Urban VIII, concerning the missions of religious to Japan and other
regions of the Eastern Indias. Rome: from the press of the reverend
Apostolic Chamber. MDCXX[X]III._
_Urban VIII_
To all the faithful of Christ who shall scan these present letters,
health and apostolic benediction. In fulfilment of our pastoral charge
in regard to the safety of souls and the spread of the Catholic faith,
while readily changing those things which have been wisely, ordained
by the Roman pontiffs our predecessors, wherever through the teachings
of experience change seems advisable, we have made some arrangements,
as the same have seemed expedient in the Lord, in regard to the spread
of the Catholic faith and the health of souls.
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