“The Pope is the supreme judge of the law of the land. He is the vicegerent of Christ, who is not only a priest forever, but also King of kings and Lord of lords.”—_From the Civilta Cattolica, March 18, 1871, quoted in __“__Vatican Council,__”__ by Leonard Woolsey Bacon, American Tract Society edition, page 220._ “Christ entrusted His office to the chief pontiff; ... but all power in heaven and in earth has been given to Christ; ... therefore the chief pontiff, who is His vicar, will have this power.”—_Gloss on the __“__Extravagantes Communes,__”__ book 1, __“__On Authority and Obedience,__”__ chap. 1, on words Porro Subesse Romano Pontiff. Canon law, published in 1556, Vol. III, __“__Extravagantes Communes,__”__ col. 29._ “Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven, and earth, and purgatory (_Infernorum_).”—_“__Prompta Bibliotheca,__”__ Ferraris, Vol. VI, page 26, article __“__Papa__”__ (the Pope)._ “The decision of the Pope and the decision of God constitute one decision, just as the opinion of the Pope and his disciple are the same. Since, therefore, an appeal is always taken from an inferior judge to a superior, as no one is greater than himself, so no appeal holds when made from the Pope to God, because there is one consistory of the Pope himself and of God Himself, of which consistory the Pope himself is the key-bearer and the doorkeeper. Therefore no one can appeal from the Pope to God, as no one can enter into the consistory of God without the mediation of the Pope, who is the key-bearer and the doorkeeper of the consistory of eternal life; and as no one can appeal to himself, so no one can appeal from the Pope to God, because there is one decision and one curia [court] of God and of the Pope.”—_Writings of Augustinus de Ancona, printed without title-page or pagination, Ques. VI, __“__On an Appeal From the Decision of the Pope.__”_ “All the faithful of Christ must believe that the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman pontiff possesses the primacy over the whole world, and that the Roman pontiff is the successor of the blessed Peter, prince of the apostles, and is true vicar of Christ, and the head of the whole church, and father and teacher of all Christians, and that full power was given him in blessed Peter to rule, feed, and govern the universal church by Jesus Christ our Lord.”—_“__Petri Privilegium,__”__ in section on __“__The Vatican Council and Its Definitions,__”__ by Henry Edward Manning, archbishop of Westminster (Roman Catholic), London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1871, page 214._