Pope Boniface VIII stepped into his role as pope following Celestine V stepping down from his unsuitable role as the pope. Many rumors claimed that Boniface may have played an immediate role in ushering Celestine to stepped down. Boniface quickly came into conflict with King Philip IV regarding issues of secular versus ecclesiastical authority. This… Continue reading →
When Boniface became pope it was directly after Celestine V resigned because he realized that he unsuitable for the position. It is not confirmed, but there were rumors that Boniface may have played apart in him stepping down. Boniface was not received warmly into his position. The noble Gaetani family was very unhappy with Boniface… Continue reading →
Clemont V’s moving the College to Cardinals to Avignon undermined Boniface’s papal bull Unam sanctam because the move to Avignon gave the French direct power to influence the Cardinals (and directly the papacy) who were stationed there. … Continue reading →
The great schism of the 14th century was due to the move of papal seating to Avignon. After the death of Boniface, successor Clement V’s moving of the papal seat directly went against what Boniface wanted in the “two swords” theory. The move split power between old and new Roman rule and also cause people… Continue reading →
The movement of the papacy from Rome to Avignon was a blow to efforts of the church to establish sovereignty in its claimed spiritual and temporal power. Boniface VIII and Philip IV had spent years in a virtual chess match for power, culminating in Boniface’s Unam Sanctam bull of 1302. The bull asserted “It is… Continue reading →
When Pope Clement V moved the papal seat to Avignon, creating the “Great Schism” in the 14th century, it undermined Boniface’s Uman Sanctam – His “two swords” theory – in that Pope Clement V ultimately reversed what Boniface VIII wanted; the unity of the church and the defense against hostile nation-states. When Clement V made… Continue reading →
The Gospel According to the Marks of Silver is a satire of things taught in the church at the time it is written. It takes passage from the new New Testament and by tweaking the words around gives a description of what the author believes that the church is like. In the text, a poor… Continue reading →
The letter from Innocent III to King John, which opens with a nice compliment to John, restates the pledge given by John and his court to give an annual tribute of 1,000 marks per year to the roman church, and then ends with Innocents statement of acceptance of the pledge (and basically apology) from John.… Continue reading →
Pope Innocent III was a shrewd and successful politician as well as what he claimed as other in the past had claimed, the vicar of Peter the Apostle. This claim to temporal power over the christian world allowed him to drastically increase the Papal States political dominion over Italy and its surrounding islands. At the… Continue reading →
