''Cum ex apostolatus officio'' is the name of a papal bull issued by

Pope Paul IV Pope Paul IV, born Gian Pietro Carafa, C.R. ( la, Paulus IV; it, Paolo IV; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death in August 1559. While serving as pap ...

in 1559; it states that only

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can be elected

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, to the exclusion of non-Catholics, including former Catholics who have become public and manifest

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''Cum ex apostolatus officio'' (English and Latin text)
1559 works 16th-century papal bulls Documents of Pope Paul IV 1559 in Christianity {{Catholicism-stub