THE holy Synod desiring, That no occasion of doubt may at any time hereafter arise, concerning the Decrees it hath set forth and published, it declares that in those words expressed in the Decree, made in the first Session, under our most holy Lord Pius the Fourth, (viz.) Whatsoever the holy Synod shall judge convenient and fit, by the Proposal of the Legates and Presidents, for the mi∣tigating the Calamities of these times, quieting the Controversies about Religion, silencing the Tongues of deceitful Men, correcting the Abuses of depraved Manners, and pro∣curing true and Christian Peace to the Church:
The meaning of the Synod was, not to change in any respect by the aforesaid Words, the usual manner of handling matters in General Councils, nor to add or detract any thing, besides that which heretofore in the holy Canons, and in the General Synods, hath been constituted and appointed.