The canons and decrees of the Council of Trent celebrated under Paul III, Julius III, and Pius IV, Bishops of Rome
Council of Trent
CHAP. XIX.

THE Holy Synod Decrees, That Mandates de Providendo, and those Graces, which are called Expectative, shall not any more be granted to any one, even to Colleges, Universities, Senates, or any particular persons, thô under some Title indulg'd, or for a certain Summ, or under any colour or pre∣tence whatsoever; nor shall it be lawful for any to use them hitherto granted. Nor shall mental Reservations, nor any other Graces whatsoever extending to Benefices that shall be vacant, nor Ingulgences for Foreign Chur∣ches, or Monasteries be granted to any, thô Cardinals of the holy Church of Rome, and such as have hitherto been granted, shall be reckoned and esteemed null and utterly abrogated.