HIST 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Clericis Laicos, Unam Sanctam, Pope Boniface Viii
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Constitutions were composed of 16 articles and represent an attempt to restrict ecclesiastical privileges and curb the power of the church courts and the extent of papal authority in england. In the anarchic conditions of henry ii"s predecessor, stephen, the church had extended its jurisdiction by taking advantage of the weakness of royal authority. Aristotle and presents two objections and then provides answers to them and proofs: sets out 5 proofs for the existence of god. In these proofs we can easily see the influence of aristotle and his doctrine of the. Whatever is in motion now was at rest until moved by something else, and that by something else, and so on. But if there were an infinite series of movers, all waiting to be moved by something else, then actual motion could never have got started, and there would be no motion now. So there must be a first mover which is itself unmoved.
