The Place in Papal History of the Roman Synod of 826
Thomas F. X. Noble
The ecciesiological problem posed by the authority of pope in Roman church is almost as old itself. Likewise, bases for exercise have long been a matter dispute not only among churchmen but also scholars. However, it can be stated with certainty that during most critical years papal history, period from mid-eleventh to late fourteenth centuries, papacy gained, and then lost, considerable measure leadership western Europe. Most gains came popes affirmed what they interpreted their spiritual prerogatives—mention may made, example, priestly power judge penitent even if were German emperor or king England—in world which called its states regni Christianissimi imperii Christianorum assigned rulers similarly religious appellations. 1 losses resulted an increasing secularization affairs state loss urgency once attendant upon appeals protestations papacy. 2
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