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 →