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legates, however, insisted that the Session must be held, and
the four articles prepared published. At length the Imperial
envoys gave way on condition that a declaration should be
made in the Session, that the two articles dealing with the
granting of the chalice, which were now postponed, should
be dealt with later, at a more suitable time, by the Council,
which time was to be when the envoys thought best.
On July loth they resumed the discussion of the nine
reform articles which had been prepared up to May 25th, which
during the days that followed were examined anew in four
General Ccneregations, so that on July 15th 9. reform decree
could be formulated.^
On the appointed day, July i6th, the XXIst public Session
of the Council, the fifth under Pius IV., was held. The Archbishop
of Spalato, Marco Cornaro, celebrated High Mass, and
the Hungarian bishop, Andreas Sbardelato Dudith, preached.
In this Session the five legates. Cardinal Madruzzo, three
patriarchs, nineteen archbishops, a hundred and forty-eight
bishops, four abbots, six generals of orders, seventy-one theo-
logians and ten envoys took part. The decrees concerning
Communion under both kinds, and of children, in four articles
and as many canons, were published and the announcement
was made that the two articles dealing with the chalice for
the laity would be treated later on. The reform decree which
was then promulgated included nine chapters : it laid down
that ordination and dimissorial letters should be granted
gratuitously ; no one was to be ordained without assured
means of support ; in very extensive parishes assistant
priests were to be appointed, or new parishes formed, though
with sufficient endowments, or, when necessary, several small
parishes could be united into one ;
ignorant parish priests were
to have vicars assigned to them, to whom part of their revenues
must be allotted, and all such as led a scandalous life were to
be punished, and if necessary deposed. It was further
ordained that the revenues of churches which were in a ruinous
state were to be transferred to others, or the said churches put
^See Thkiner, II., 51-5 ; Paleotto in Theiner, II., 565 seq.