The Conciliarist Tradition: Constitutionalism in the Catholic Church 1300-1870

by Francis Oakley

2020-11-25 03:19:30

In the early fifteenth century, the general council assembled at Constance and, representing the universal Church, put an end to the scandalous schism which for almost forty years had divided the Latin Church between rival lines of claimants to the p... Read more
In the early fifteenth century, the general council assembled at Constance and, representing the universal Church, put an end to the scandalous schism which for almost forty years had divided the Latin Church between rival lines of claimants to the papal office. It did so by claiming andexercising an authority superior to that of the pope, an authority by virtue of which it could impose constitutional limits on the exercise of his prerogatives, stand in judgement over him, and if need be, depose him for wrongdoing. In so acting the council gave historic expression to a traditionof conciliarist constitutionalism which long competed for the allegiance of Catholics worldwide with the high papalist monarchical vision that was destined to triumph in 1870 at Vatican I and to become identified with Roman Catholic orthodoxy itself. This book sets out to reconstruct thehalf-millennial history of that vanquished rival tradition. Less

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File size8.5 X 5.43 X 0.7 in
Print pages320
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date July 15, 2008
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780199541249

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