Library of Samuel Teleki: Part One

that the increase of a purer religion, or of the rational worship of God, 1.) Epistle to the Romans, chap. XII. 1. cannot be extinguished in the souls of men unless the light of reason is first extinguished by the abolition of the study of letters. Pope Paul II confirms this in letters by which, in the year 1464, he granted the faculty of erecting a general study or Academy in any city of Hungary after the manner of the study of Bologna, in these words: 2.) The Bull of the Pope is presented by G. Pray, Annals, Vol. III, page 315; St. Kaprinai, Spec. Hist. Diplom. Part I, p. 71; and Fr. X. Schier in Memoirs of the Istropolitan Academy, p. 7.

"The Roman Pontiff, Key-bearer of the Celestial Kingdom and Vicar of Christ, providing and considering that through the study of letters, once the darkness of ignorance is put to flight, both private and public benefits, spiritual and temporal, accrue to the universe, divine worship and the Catholic faith are increased, the salvation of souls is consulted, arising controversies are decided, peace and tranquility are preserved for the lands, etc. We, therefore, who in our times desire that the study of letters flourish everywhere to the very...