Storia do Mogor 358.4.2

358.4.2

If so, let them put before me the whole of that in writing; I will then hold my tongue and be at peace. Gentlemen, I am absolutely certain that they will do no such thing, which is sufficient proof to any person of discernment, and an obvious revelation that the reverend Jesuit fathers, in acting as they have done, are not devoid of ill-will. If you are in doubt, ask them this yourselves, and you will find them tell you so orally, but will never reduce it to writing. Now, if the Sacred Congregation has the power to issue commands to them whenever judged appropriate, and to inflict on them penalties in case of disobedience, how can they appease their conscience after defying the orders of the said Sacred Congregation, which orders them to obey 'sub poena privationis officii, privilegii, et facultatis, ipso facto incurrenda, non obstantibus quibuscumque'?