“We condemn this work after mature consideration, on our personal judgment (_motu proprio_) and with assured knowledge (of its pernicious character), on the Apostolic authority (vested in us); and we prohibit to all persons, whatever may be their rank or position, the printing, reading, or possession of the same. The penalty for disobedience shall be the _excommunicatio latae sententiae_. We direct that the existing copies of said work be delivered to the bishop or to the inquisitor of the diocese, by whom such copies shall be promptly burned. This order shall be placed on the doors of the Basilica of the Church of the Apostles and on the doors of the Apostolic Chancellery, and on the gate-way of the Campus Florae, and when so published, shall be held to have been delivered in person to each individual affected by it.” In the case of a Bull, the wording of the first paragraph was: “Through this Constitution, which shall remain in force for ever, and under the authority of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of ourselves.” After the time of Alexander VII, 1665, the condemnation is made to follow the decisions arrived at by theological examiners appointed for the purpose, or by the cardinals of the Inquisition. The greater number of the prohibitions continued, however, to emanate from the Congregation of the Index, while for a few, the responsibility rested with the Inquisition. In 1753, Benedict XIV in the Bull _Sollicita_ (printed later in connection with the Index of 1758) gives consideration to the regulation of the proceedings of the two bodies. The substance of Benedict’s ruling is as follows: