The Seventeenth Session of the most Holy, Oe∣cumenick and General Council of Trent, Ce∣lebrated on the Eighteenth day of January, in the Year M.D.LXII. Being the First under Pope Pius IV.
A Decree for Celebrating the Council.
DOes it please you, That for the praise and glory of the holy and undivided Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, for the increase and Exaltation of Faith, and of the Christian Religion, this Holy Oecumenick and General Coun∣cil of Trent, lawfully assembled in the Spirit of Holiness, be celebrated from and after this day, being the Eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord 1562. Dedicated to the Roman Chair of St. Peter Prince of the Apostles, all sus∣pensions soever removed, according to the Form and Tenour of the Letters of our most holy Lord, Pope Pius IV▪: And that therein those things be treat∣ed and handled, a due Order observed, which the Legates and Presidents pro∣posing, shall seem fit and proper to the said Holy Synod for the removing the Calamities of these times, ceasing the controversies about Religion, silencing the Tongues of deceitful men, amending the abuses of depraved Manners, and for procuring true Christian Peace to the Church? They Answered, I•• pleaseth Us.
An Order for the next Session.
Doth it please you, That the next ensuing Session be held and celebrated on the fifth Holiday after the Second Sunday in Lent, which shall be on the Twenty Sixth of February? They Answered, It pleaseth Us.