Editorial note — The Second Plenary Council Of Baltimore, And Ecclesiastical Discipline In The United States.

[Footnote 132: This matter comprised the following subjects. 1. De Fide Orthodoxa, deque erroribus serpentibus; 2. De Hierarchia et regimine Ecclesiae; 3. De Personis Ecclesiasticis; 4. De Ecclesiis bonisque ecclesiasticis tenendis tutandisque; 5. De Sacranentis; 6. De Cultu Divino; 7. De Disciplinae uniformitate promovenda; 8. De Regularibus et monialibus; 9. De Juventute instituenda pieque erudienda; 10. De Salute animarum efficacitis promovenda; 11. De Libris et ephemeribus; 12. De Societatibus Secretis. Several congregations occupied themselves with two of these subjects at once because of their connection. In the council were added a thirteenth congregation, on the creation of new bishoprics, and a fourteenth, on the execution of the decrees.]