HIST 288 Study Guide - Clericis Laicos, Papal Primacy, Pope Boniface Viii
28 Mar 2014
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What we have seen this far : final court of appeal, date of easter. Instructions to missionaries: calls councils, could call crusades, see boniface"s obedience. And i tell you that you are peter, and on this rock i will build my church, and the gates of hades will not overcome it. The first major expression of papal primacy and plenary of power. Innocent iii (1198-1216): declares that the pope is pre-eminent over all and the vicar of christ. Formerly there were vicars of peter, but now the pope is a replacement for. Christ a midway between god and man, so better than human beings: boniface viii (1294-1303) Clericis laicos (1296): priority of pope in the face of secular rulers. Unam sanctam ecclesiam (1302): the most powerful legal expression. Pope is declared to be necessary for salvation. Him and his supreme power: official pronouncements of pope develop hierocratic theory of power. The pope is superior to secular powers and rulers.
