Regis pacifici

1 of the peaceful King, who reigns in heaven, though with insufficient merits, exercising His place on earth, attending with unwearied diligence to the state of all the faithful, as we are bound by the duty of the service undertaken, and desiring to obviate the perils of souls, we apply the work of timely provision to those matters by which everywhere, especially in the lands of the Roman Church, our Spouse, subject to her, among the faithful themselves, murders, quarrels and contentions may cease, the seeds of scandals may be removed, peace and concord may flourish, and their prosperous successes may be consulted, as we perceive it to be salutarily expedient in the Lord. Indeed, not without the greatest disturbance of our mind have we learned that certain of the aforesaid faithful, instigated by the enemy of mankind, and by some causes occurring, and most often by the most trivial and dishonorable and light words proceeding to insults, contentions, and challenges, so that one may be satiated with the blood of another; have recourse to temporal princes and lords, especially of cities, lands, and places subject to the apostolic see, so that they may assign to them a safe place, or field for dueling or fighting. And although the aforesaid princes and lords ought to dissuade and prohibit dueling or fighting from them, yet most often they assign a safe place or field of this kind, and increase the malevolent purpose of the contending parties to execution, and favor one more than the other, from which sudden deaths of men, and unless divine grace prevent it, losses of souls, mutilations, and wounds, among the standing friends of the fighting parties, hatreds and altercations, and from one inconvenience many arise, danger to the souls and bodies of the faithful, loss of life, pernicious example. We therefore, who desire the aforesaid faithful to be saved by the most salutary teachings and examples of Christian religion, and by the precepts of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, who commanded that the sword be put into its sheath, that it is wicked for man to lie in wait for man, among whom nature has established a certain kinship, and that such gladiatorial combats are condemned by the piety of our religion, and that bloody spectacles are forbidden by the sacred canons and imperial laws and are to be noted and punished with diverse penalties, yet in civil peace and domestic public life, are to be detested, by our own motion, without the urgency of this petition being presented to us; but even from laws permitted, we altogether prohibit it to be done: and let those dying in duels in lands of the Church immediately or mediately subject be punished for homicide or wounding, according to the disposition of common law, no custom availing them, and the bodies of those dying in duels in lands immediately or mediately subject to the Church, in sacred...

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Latin text

1 egis pacifici, qui regnat in celis , licet infüffcientibus meritis, Vices gerentes in terris, cunctorum fidelium ftatui » prout ex fufcepta feruitutis tenemur officio , indefeffa folertia intendentes , ac animarum periculis obuiare cupientes, ad ea » per que vbique, praefertim in terris Romanz ecclefiz fponfe noftre fubiectis,inter fideles eofdem, cedes, rixa » €t contentiones ceflent , fcandalorum tollantur fomenta , pax. et concordia vigeant , profperifque eorum fucceffibus confulatur , opportune prouifionis operam impendimus , prout in Domino confpicimus falubriter expedire. Sane non fine maxima animi noftri perturbatione accepimus , quod nonnulli fidelium predi&orum, inimico humani generis inftigante , et aliquibus caufis occurrentibus , et plerumque minimis et inhoneftis ac levibus verbis ad contumelias, contentiones , et diffidationes deuenientes , vt alter alterius fanguine fatietur ; ad temporales principes et dominos, maxime ciuitatum , terrarum , et locorum fedi apoítolice fübie&torum confugiunt, vt eis locum tutum, fiue campum ad duellum feu pugnandum affignent, Et quamuis e priücipes , et domini praefati duellum fiue pugnam eis diffuadere er prohibere deberent, tamen plerumque locum aut campum tutum huiufmodi aflignant, maleuolumque altercantium propofitum ad executionem augent, magifque vni , quam alteri fauent, ex quo hominum mortes repentinz, et nifi diuina gratia preueniantur , animarum perditiones, mutilationes , et vulnera , inter aftantefque pugnantium amicos » Odia et altercationes , et ex vno inconuenienti plura oriuntur , fidelium animarum et corporum periculum, fati iacturam , perniciofum exemplum Nos igitur, qui fidelium praedictorum ceris defideriis exoptamus , faluberrimis chriftianz religionis documentis et exemplis, Deum tentandum torifque Domini noftri Iefü Chrifti , vt gladium mitteret in vaginam , mandauit, preceptis edo, dentes, hominem homini , inter quos cognationem quandam natura conftituit, infidiari nefas, et gladiatoria iufmodi vulgares a religionis noftra pietate damnari , cruentaque fpectacula a facris canonibus , et imperialibus legibus inhibita et imnotari » et diuerfis ponis puniri, 1 tamen in otio ciuili et domeltica uiete publica, deteffanda effe, motu proprio , fne hoc nobis oblatae petitionis inftantiam ; fed de uacun etiam a legibus permi(fa , fieri omnino prohibemus: RA. e les t pi pofle et puniri pro homicidio vel vulnere, iuxta iuris Communis difpofitionem , nulla eis confuetudine fuffragante, , COrporaque in duello in terris ecclefig niediate vel immediate fübiedis facto morientium, in facro fe-

Corpus iuris canonici : Gregorii XIII pontif. max. auctoritate post emendationem absolutam editum, in duos tomos diuisum et appendice nouo auctum cum necessariis indicibus, vol. v.2 (1747) — Internet Archive OCR text, restored to continuous text (page breaks, hyphenation, running heads, footnotes); OCR errors of the source remain. Source: Internet Archive.

Italian text

1 egis pacifici, qui regnat in celis, licet insufficientibus meritis, Vices gerentes in terris, cunctorum fidelium statui, prout ex suscepta servitutis tenemur officio, indefessa solertia intendentes, ac animarum periculis obviare cupientes, ad ea per que ubique, praefertim in terris Romanae ecclesiae sponsae nostrae subiectis, inter fideles eosdem, caedes, rixa et contentiones cessent, scandalorum tollantur fomenta, pax et concordia vigeant, prosperisque eorum successibus consulatur, opportune provisionis operam impendimus, prout in Domino conspicimus salubriter expedire. Sane non sine maxima animi nostri perturbatione accepimus, quod nonnulli fidelium praedictorum, inimico humani generis instigante, et aliquibus causis occurrentibus, et plerumque minimis et inhonestis ac levibus verbis ad contumelias, contentiones, et diffidationes deveniantes, ut alter alterius sanguine satietur; ad temporales principes et dominos, maxime civitatum, terrarum, et locorum sedi apostolice subiectorum confugiunt, ut eis locum tutum, sive campum ad duellum seu pugnandum assignent. Et quamvis e principes, et domini praefati duellum sive pugnam eis dissuadere et prohibere deberent, tamen plerumque locum aut campum tutum huiusmodi assignant, malevolumque altercantium propositum ad executionem augent, magisque uni, quam alteri favent, ex quo hominum mortes repentinae, et nisi divina gratia praeveniantur, animarum perditiones, mutilationes, et vulnera, inter astantes pugnatium amicos, odia et altercationes, et ex uno inconvenienti plura oriuntur, fidelium animarum et corporum periculum, fati iacturam, perniciousum exemplum. Nos igitur, qui fidelium praedictorum ceris desideriis exoptamus, salubrimis christianae religionis documentis et exemplis, Deum tentandum torisque Domini nostri Iesu Christi, ut gladium mitteret in vaginam, mandavit, praeceptis edo, dentes, hominem homini, inter quos cognationem quandam natura constituit, insidiari nefas, et gladiatoria huiusmodi vulgares a religionis nostrae pietate damnari, cruentaque spectacula a sacris canonibus, et imperialibus legibus inhibita et imnotari et diversis poenis puniri, tamen in otio civili et domestica viete publica, detestanda esse, motu proprio, sine hoc nobis oblatae petitionis instantiam; sed de vacun etiam a legibus permissa, fieri omnino prohibemus: RA. e les t pi posle et puniri pro homicidio vel vulnere, iuxta iuris Communis dispositionem, nulla eis consuetudine suffragante, corporaque in duello in terris ecclesiae mediate vel immediate subiectis facto morientium, in sacro se-

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