When was it published?

February 28, 1751 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News February 28, 1751

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What keywords are associated?

Pope Edict, Card Playing Ban, Rome Governor, Gaming Immorality, Nobility Palaces

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

Letters from Rome confirm a papal edict banning card-playing, with the Pope instructing Rome's governor to enforce it publicly, acknowledging challenges with private noble gaming as immoral and destructive to society.

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Letters from Rome bring a Confirmation of the Edict mentioned in our last against all manner of Card-Playing, and adds, that the Pope has most earnestly charged the Governor of Rome to be very careful and vigilant in preventing publick Breaches of this new Law ; for as to private Offences, they think it morally impossible to prevent them in such a City, where there is so great a Number of Nobility, whose Palaces are like so many privileged Houses. -- And yet, if Gaming be an Immorality destructive of the Welfare of Civil Society, the Great ought no more to be indulged in it than the Dregs of the People : Nay, it is rather more criminal in the former, as their Education and Fortune might easily furnish them with more rational Ways of spending their Time.

What sub-type of article is it?

Religious Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Pope Edict Card Playing Ban Rome Governor Gaming Immorality Nobility Palaces

What entities or persons were involved?

The Pope Governor Of Rome

Where did it happen?

Rome

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Rome

Key Persons

The Pope Governor Of Rome

Outcome

confirmation of the edict against all manner of card-playing; pope charges governor to prevent public breaches; private offences deemed impossible to prevent among nobility.

Event Details

Letters from Rome confirm the Edict against card-playing mentioned previously. The Pope has earnestly charged the Governor of Rome to be vigilant in preventing public breaches of this new law. Private offences are considered impossible to prevent in a city with many nobles whose palaces are like privileged houses. The text opines that gaming is immoral and more criminal among the great due to their education and fortune.