[28] Spanish, por titulo de justicia. Parroco de justicia, so frequently used in this document, is the Spanish rendering of the technical Latin phrase, parochus de jure--words which show that the cura had a right to his office, had been instituted according to the canons, and was canonically and legally in office. It is practically the same as the English phrase "by right and title." Other equivalents are: "by title of law," "by right," and "ordinary." The parish priest, whether secular or regular, was an official of the Church.--Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A. [29] See account of the allotment of diocesan titles in VOL. I, p. 244, note 188. Baluffi, there cited, adds: "Relative to the two ninths that were given to the king, the first bishop of Mechoacan [in Mexico], Mons. Vasco de Quiroga, when organizing his cathedral [clergy] in 1554, speaking of the two shares of the tithes that were given to the king, remarked that they were thus awarded to his most serene Majesty in token of his lordship (superioritalis) and right of patronage." [30] In text, oneroso, but evidently a transcriber's error for onrroso. [31] In the text, projimos, "neighbors"--in allusion to the Scriptural injunction, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," a duty strictly inculcated in the training of candidates for ordination, especially in the Jesuit order. [32] Alluding to Paul's precept in I Corinthians, vii, v. 20. [33] That is, a non-resident or merely titular prelate; see VOL. XVIII, p. 339, note 101. [34] The whole sentence, divested of technicalities, simply means that one must "look before he leaps;" or that, when one has his eyes open, he is supposed to have used them; or that the bishop, should he be merely titular, would have no one to blame but himself, and should be the last to complain.--Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A. [35] Spanish, pordioseros; that is, those who ask alms "for God's sake." [36] Spanish, conciliabulo; like English "conventicle," used to designate an unauthorized or illegal assembly. [37] Spanish, mal sonante y temeraria--literally, "of evil sound and reckless." This is part of a legal phrase, taken from Latin forms used by the Roman courts when characterizing books, teachings, statements, etc., of unorthodox or schismatic bearing.--Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A. [38] This memorial seems to have been written by the Dominican Fray Raimundo Berart (see Reseña biográfica, ii, p. 203); and it was printed by Fray Mimbela. [39] Spanish, consumiendo; "the reception or eating by the priest of the body and blood of Christ, in the elements of bread and wine" (Dominguez).