There  is  a  fifth  register  to  be  kept  by  the  parish
priests  of  the  Diocese  of  Rome,  which  contains
a  list  of  the  canonical  admonitions  which  the
parish  priest  has  had  to  make,  in  fulfilment  of
his  duty,  to  persons,  both  man  and  woman,
who  are  living  in  scandalous  relations,  along
.with    the    dates   of    those   admonitions.      This


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register  is  to  be  kept  private.  Eight  days  after
the  first  canonical  admonition,  if  it  has  been
without  effect,  a  second  admonition  is  to  be
made  and  recorded ;  and  if  the  scandalous  rela-
tion still  continues,  there  is  to  be  a  third
admonition.  If  this  also  is  fruitless,  the  parish
priest  is  to  give  information  of  the  case  to  the
^Tribunal  of  the  Vicariate,  and  to  send  to  the
lieutenant  a  certificate  of  the  three  admonitions,
with  the  dates  of  them.  The  lieutenant  will
report  the  case  to  the  weekly  congress  in  order
to  further  procedure.
Other  admonitions  with  regard  to  habitual
and  scandalous  quarrelling  between  husband
and  wife,  or  between  brothers  and  sisters,  or
with  regard  to  neglect  by  parents  of  the
education  and  training  of  their  children,  and
negligence  in  attendance  at  religious  instruc-
tions, and  the  hke,  are  left  to  the  prudence  of
the  parish  priest,  as  regards  steps  to  be  taken
after  failure  of  his  paternal  admonitions.  An
Instruction  on  this  subject  was  ordered  by  the
Cardinal  Vicar  in  1817  to  be  preserved  by
parish  priests  in  the  Register  of  Canonical
Admonitions.
In  the  case  of  Parochial  Registers  being  des-
troyed by  fire,  to  the  damage  of  the  public
interest,  it  was  prescribed  by  the  Cardinal  Vicar
in  17 1 7,  under  precept  of  holy  obedience  reserved


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