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 whether from circumstance, mortal or venial, into which the confessor is in duty bound to inquire. And that he is not likely to overlook the first article, relative to heretical books, is plain enough from the No. quickly ensuing, that of 222, which is headed, "Faculties usually granted to the Bishops of Belgium, to allow the reading of prohibited books to those who apply for the license for the purpose of impugning them." These faculties were not confined to