Storia do Mogor 362.2.3

362.2.3

' Let us suppose that you did not give it to me,' said the Reverend Father Michel Ange — ' a matter that will be seen to in due time and place — have I not presented the decrees to your Lordship, and have you not written on the margin of the said decrees : " The Reverend Father Guy Tachard has seen this petition and also the decrees of the Sacred Congregation, et cetera?' [278]. 'That is true,' said his Lordship. 'Then, surely,' retorted the Reverend Father Michel Ange, 'that sufficed without other permission, not only for publishing the decrees, but equally for performing the functions of our mission to the Malabāris, for which purpose the decrees were issued. This is so, since the Sacred Congregation "de Propaganda Fide" issued a decree of September 19, 1630, where they say in so many words that it is sufficient for patents to be presented to the bishop to allow of the functions being performed, permission or no permission: "Sacra Congregatio censuit missionariis quibuscumque sufficere, quod suas Patentes suae missionis ostendant, ut illis ostensis, sive obtenta sive non obtenta licentia, libere et licite suum officium et múnus exercere valeant." [The Sacred Congregation has ruled that it is sufficient for the missionaries of every sort to show their patent letters of their own mission, and that, after showing them, they are empowered to exercise their office and duties, whether permission be obtained or no.]