Canon XXXI.
who in oratories which
are in houses offer the Holy Mysteries or baptize, we decree ought to
do this with the consent of the bishop of the place. Wherefore if
any cleric shall not have so done, let him be deposed.
Notes.
Thou mayest not offer in an oratory in a private house
without the consent of the bishop.
On this whole subject the reader is referred to the
curious and most interesting volume published by Venantius Monaldini of
Venice, in 1765. I cannot better give its scope than by copying
out its title in full.
Commentarius
Theologico-canonico-criticus De ecclesiis, earum
reverentia, et asylo atque concordia sacerdotii, et
imperii, auctore Josepho Aloysio Assemani. Accesserunt
tractatus cl. virorum D. Josephi de Bonis, De Oratoriis
Publicis; ac. R.P. Fortunati a Brixia De Oratoriis
Domesticis, in supplementum celeberrimi operis Joannis
Baptistæ Gattico De Oratoriis Domesticis, et usu altaris
portatilis.