Monday, July 16, 2018
Proposed Papal Powers
Selections from the Dictatus Papae attributed to Pope Gregory VII (tr. G.A. Loud):
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IX. All princes shall kiss the feet of the Pope alone.
IX. Quod solius papae pedes omnes principes deosculentur.
XII. It may be permitted to him to depose emperors.
XII. Quod illi liceat imperatores deponere.
XIX. He himself may be judged by no one.
XIX. Quod a nemine ipse iudicari debeat.
XXVII. He may absolve subjects from their fealty to wicked men.
XXVII. Quod a fidelitate iniquorum subiectos potest absolvere.
