15 [Even this must be taken with reserve.—Cf. _infra_, pp. 174,
175.—TR.]
16 [Most of the rights originally inherent in the episcopate are now
reserved to the Pope, who only allows Bishops to exercise them
during good behaviour, by virtue of “faculties” renewed every five
years. Cf. “Janus,” p. 422, note.—TR.]
17 [This must be taken with some reserve, as will be seen further
on.—TR.]
18 “Obligatam hærentemque sanctiori Pontifici velut in pectore
Societatem.”—Bolland, _Imago_, p. 622.