The preparations for the approaching council continue to be made on a grand scale, and with the greatest diligence. From the Chronicle of Matters relating to the future Council, which is regularly published at the office of the Civilta Cattolicà, in Rome, we copy the list of the different commissions and their members which are preparing the matters to be discussed and decided upon by the bishops assembled in ecumenical council.
The supreme directive congregation is composed of the most eminent cardinals, Patrizi, de Reisach, Barnabo, Panebianco, Bizarri, Bilio, Caterini, and Capalti. To these are joined, as secretary, Mgr. Giannelli; and as consulters, Mgr. Tizzani, Mgr. Angelini, vicegerent of Rome, Mgr. Talbot, (an Englishman,) Don Melchior Galeotti, of the seminary of Palermo, F. Sanguineti, S. J., professor of canon law in the Roman College, Professor Feije, of the University of Louvain, and Professor Hefele, of Tübingen. The commission of ceremonies is composed of prelates who have the general supervision of the grand functions which take place in the principal churches of Rome. The politico-ecclesiastical commission is composed of;
Cardinal de Reisach, president,
Mgrs. Marini,
del Parco a Theatine,
Bartolini,
Jacobini,
Ferrari,
Nussi,
Gizzi, (a judge in one of the high courts,)
Guardi, (vicar-general of the religious congregation of ministers of the sick,)
Canon Kovaes, of Kolocza in Bohemia,
Canon Molitor of Spire in Germany,
the Abbé Chesnel, vicar-general of Quimper,
Canon Moufang of Mayence,
the Abbé Gibert, vicar-general of Moulins, and Mgr. Trinchieri, secretary.
The commission for eastern affairs is composed of
Cardinal Barnabo, president,
Don John Simeoni, of the Propaganda,
F. Bollig, S. J., professor of Sanscrit and Oriental languages in the Roman university and Roman college,
F. Vercellone, (Barnabite religious; since deceased,)
F. Theiner, of the Oratory,
the Most Rev. Leonard Valerga, prefect of Carmelite missions in Syria,
the Right Rev. Joseph David, a Syrian bishop,
Canon Roncetti, professor in the Roman seminary,
Don Joseph Piazza,
Don Francis Rosi,
F. Haneberg, abbot of St. Boniface and professor of theology in the university of Munich,
F. Martinoff,
S. J., Mgr. Howard, (an Englishman,) and
Mgr. Cretoni, secretary.
The commission on the religious orders and congregations is composed of
Cardinal Bizarri, president,
Mgrs. Marini, Svegliati, and Lucidi,
F. Capelli, (Barnabite,)
F. Bianchi,(Dominican,)
F. Cipressa, (Minorite Franciscan,)
F. Cretoni, (Augustinian,)
F. Costa, (Jesuit,)
Mgr. Guisasola, arch-priest of the cathedral of Seville, and
Don Francis Stoppani, secretary.
The commission of dogmatic theology is composed of
Cardinal Bilio, president,
Mgr. Cardoni, president of the ecclesiastical academy,
F. Spada, (Dominican,) master of the sacred palace and professor of dogma in the Roman university,
F. de Ferrari, (Dominican,)
F., Perrone, S.J.,
Mgr. Schwetz, professor of theology in the university of Vienna,
F. Mura, ex-general of the Servites, rector of the Roman university,
F. Adrogna, definitor-general of the conventual Franciscans,
Mgr. Jacquenet, curé of St. Jacques at Rheims,
the Abbé Gay, vicar-general of Poitiers,
F. Martinelli, (Augustinian,) professor of Scripture in the Roman university,
Don Joseph Pecci, professor of philosophy in the same,
F. Franzlin, S. J., professor of theology in the Roman college,
F. Schrader, S.J., professor in the university of Vienna,
Professor Petacci, of the Roman seminary,
Professor Hettinger, of Wurtzburg,
Professor Alzog, of Friburg,
the Rev. Dr. Corcoran, of Charleston, S. C.,
Canon Labrador, professor of philosophy and theology at Cadiz, and
Canon Santori, rector of the pontifical lyceum in the Roman seminary, secretary.
The commission of ecclesiastical discipline is composed of