[516] See also the Acts of the Sixth General Council, a.d. 680. Labbé, vol. vii. 659.
[517] That is, in the words used by Pope Nicholas I. Note 13. and in the Synod of Quedlinburg, a.d. 1085, "it is allowed to none to revise its judgment, and to sit in judgment upon what it has judged." Labbé, vol. xii. p. 679.
THE POPE PERSONALLY PREPARING CHILDREN FOR WAR
The Times of Tuesday, February 29, 1876, has the following—
"The Vatican Voce della Veritá gives an account of a reception by the Pope of foreign families, recent converts to the Church, and mostly English and Americans. The Pope took particular notice of a little boy, six years old, the child of Mr. William Hutchinson, a graduate of Oxford. The child was dressed as a Pontifical Switzer, and offered the military salute. The Pope smilingly took hold of his baton, and said, 'Where is your halberd, Switzer?' To which the child spiritedly said, 'Holy Father, I hope if God gives me health when I grow up to carry your Holiness's banner.' The Pope, stooping down, and imitating the beating of a drum with his hand, said it was necessary to begin by beating the drum, and added, 'God bless you, Switzer, and preserve you to defend the Holy See in His own good time.' He addressed some affectionate words to the parents and all present."