Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Archbishop of, Baltimore, Maryland, to Bishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1852 November 18
Scope and Contents
Kenrick has received from Bishop Michael O'Connor, of Pittsburgh the official documents from the Sacred Congregatione de Propaganda Fide regarding the decrees of the First Plenary Council of Baltimore . A general approbation has been given by his Holiness Pius IX. A recommendation on the regulation of seminaries is made. The catechisms are returned. Bishop John Timon C.M. feels that Patrick J. Kennedy ought to be allowed a copyright for a limited time. Otherwise John Murphy can drive all others from the market. The Holy see has restricted faculties regarding mixed marriages, absolution of complices, and baptizing of adults. Uniformity in feasts and fasts was not allowed because it tends to a National Church. The primatial character is denied Baltimore except one of honor only. The Cardinals appear averse to establishing the sees of Brooklyn and Covington. Copy. On the same paper is written:
Dates
- Creation: 1852 November 18
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English.
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