CRiminal Causes, that be of great weight, against Bishops, thô of Heresie (which God forbid) that deserve either Deposing or Privation, shall be judged and determined by the Pope only. But if a cause be of that nature, that it must be necessarily committed to any out of the Court of Rome; it shall be committed to none but to the Metropolitans, or to Bishops, Elected by his Holiness the Pope. But this Commission shall be Special, and Signed by the Pope's own Hand: nor shall this at any time give them any further Power, than to take Information only of the Matter of Fact, and make their Process, which they shall immediately transmit to the Pope, reserving the definitive Sentence to his Holiness. All other Decrees hereupon made by Julius the Third, (of blessed Memory) as also the Constitution of Pope Innocent the Third in a Ge∣neral
The canons and decrees of the Council of Trent celebrated under Paul III, Julius III, and Pius IV, Bishops of Rome / faithfully translated into English.
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Council, which begins, Qualiter & quando, which this holy Synod at pre∣sent renews, shall be observed by all. But lesser Criminal Causes of Bishops, shall be judged and determined in the Provincial Council, or by Judges deputed by the said Provincial Council.