Cum ex Apostolatus Officio is the name of a papal bull issued by Pope Paul IV on February 15, 1559, as a codification or explicitation of the ancient Catholic law that only Catholics can be elected Popes, to the exclusion of non-Catholics, including former Catholics who have become public and manifest heretics. Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ... Paul IV, né Giovanni Pietro Carafa (June 28, 1476 – August 18, 1559) was Pope from May 23, 1555 until his death. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the ‘catholic’ or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ...

The immediate provocation was Pope Paul's suspicion that Cardinal Morone who was popular and expected to succeed him, was a secret Protestant. Pope Paul IV believed it necessary to prevent or negate Morone's possible election as his successor. Giovanni Morone (25th January 1509 - 1st December 1580) was an Italian cardinal born in Milan, where his father, Count leronimo Morone (d. ...

Most version of Cum Ex Apostolatus Officio omit a key phrase towards the beginning of Paragraph 6.^{[citation needed]} A complete version can be found at www.vaticaninexile.com/downloads/CumEx.pdf

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