Excommunication
The penalty of major excommunication imposed automatically (ipso facto) for unauthorized printing or alteration of the Vulgate text. Absolvable only by the Roman Pontiff, except in danger of death.
Preliminaries
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POPE CLEMENT VIII. FOR A PERPETUAL MEMORIAL OF THE MATTER.
— Clement VIII decrees automatic excommunication, absolvable only by the Roman Pontiff, for printers or booksellers who print or sell unauthorized editions of the Vulgate.
"he shall incur... also the sentence of major excommunication ipso facto; from which he cannot be absolved except by the Roman Pontiff, except when in danger of death."