Storia do Mogor 361.2.1

361.2.1

But supposing, gentlemen, what cannot be admitted — that is, that the Lord Bishop could excommunicate for publishing the decrees of the Sacred Congregation and citing an opponent to Rome ; how, even then, can his Lordship excommunicate or declare excommunicated a friar of the Order of St. Francis in face of the Bulls, Decrees, and Privileges conceded to friars of that Order ? Here is the Brief of Martin V., which states in express terms that no ordinary or prelate can deliver a sentence of excommunication, suspension, or interdict, nor openly promulgate such against the said friars : 'Ordinarii et praelati alii, sive quaevis alia [258] persona generaliter, vel specialiter, aut communiter aut divisim, non possunt quavis authoritate excommunicationis, suspensionis, et interdicti sententias promulgare.' [Neither ordinaries nor other prelates, or other persons whatsoever, acting either generally or specially, or in common or singly, are authorized in any way to publish sentences of excommunication, suspension, and interdict.]