. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. tothe apostles, they claim respect and homage from the laity;and as fathers and pastors, they are obliged to preach Gfodsholy word to the faithful. Bishops were first chosen by the apostles. After the elev-enth century they were elected by the clergy of the cathe-dral church, the confirmation resting with the
. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. tothe apostles, they claim respect and homage from the laity;and as fathers and pastors, they are obliged to preach Gfodsholy word to the faithful. Bishops were first chosen by the apostles. After the elev-enth century they were elected by the clergy of the cathe-dral church, the confirmation resting with the this privilege passed into the hands of the mode of election or selection varies in different coun-tries. The Pope has granted the right to the sovereigns ofsome Catholic countries, and even the Protestant govern-ment of Germany, to exclude from a list of names proposedfor the high office such as may be deemed locally objection-able. The right of confirmation, however, is vested abso-lutely in the Pope. The appointments to the Episcopate are from time to timeofficially proclaimed, or, as it is called, preconized at Romeby the Pope in consistory. An official letter called a bull,from the round seal attached to it, is sent to the bishop-elect, (298). THE CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE. About the middle of the Thirteenth Century the first stone of this grand Cathe-dral was laid, in the presence of the Emperor, the Papal Nuncio, and a concourse ofPrelates, Dukes and Counts. In 1322, the Choir being completed, it was consecratedWith great pomp and ceremony, but many interruptions and disasters subsequentlyoccurred, and in the beginning of the Fifteenth Century the work slackened. How-ever, in 1438 the bells were with much difficulty mounted on the tower In the next two centuries nothing was done ; and in the Eighteenth the rain hadpenetrated everywhere, and a pitying observer remarked that the Cathedral wouldsoon be reduced to the condition of a picturesque ruin. At length in 1842 th
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