Moreover, under penalty of excommunication _latae
sententiae,_ we forbid all ecclesiastics and religious, of whatsoever
order and institute, both of non-mendicants and mendicants, even those
of the Society of Jesus, as well as the seculars of religious, from
hindering the journey of the aforesaid religious to the above-named
islands, provinces, countries, and kingdoms.
At the same time we exhort most earnestly in the Lord the said
religious who are to be, or even have been, sent to the said places,
to observe uniformity in their instructions to the people, especially
those who have been recently converted to the Christian faith, in order
that such neophytes be not scandalized through conflicting teachings,
especially in matters relating to morals.
Wherefore since in matters of so great concern we hold that care
and watchfulness on the part of the aforesaid are of much avail,
hence we again and again urge them to restrict their teachings to
general principles.
Accordingly, to the end that this be the more easily carried out,
in their instructions to the peoples of the said places in Eastern
India, the said religious shall as far as possible use exclusively the
Roman Catechism, and the "Christian Doctrine" (both small and large) of
Robert Bellarmino, a cardinal of the holy Roman church of good renown,
translated and printed in the dialects of the aforesaid peoples.
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