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A09849 A solemne contestation of diuerse popes, for the aduaunsing of theyr supremacie: quoted and collected faithfully out of their own canon law, according to the very wordes, stile, and tenor of the same theyr own canons, decres, decretales, clementines, extrauagantes, bulles, epistles, and commen glose vpon the same. Histories and stories of Romane bishops [et]c. In forme and wordes, as their are to be seane, and found by the quotations here vnto annexed Foxe, John, 1516-1587, attributed name.; Catholic Church. Pope. 1560 (1560) STC 20114; ESTC S114968 26,995 104

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M Dist. 21. cap. In nouo wher vpon the order of Priesthod first in the newe Testament began in Peter to whome it was said Thou arte Peter vpon thee I will builde my church N Ibidem And I will giue the keys of the kingdome of heauen And thou beyng conuertid confirme thy brethern O Dist. 21. cap. Decretis I haue prayed sor thee that thy faith shal not fayle Wherfore seyng such power is geuen to Peter P Pope Leo. Dist. 19. c. Ita Dominus and to me in Peter beyng his successor Q Pope Nicolaꝰ In tātū Dist. 22. who is he then in all the world that ought not to be subiect to my decrees which haue such power in heauē in hell in earth with the quicke and also the dead R Pope Clemēs in Bulla Viēnae in scruiiis priuilegiorū cōmanding and graūting in my Bulle of leade sent to Vienna vnto all suche as died in there peregrinatiō to Rome that the payne of hell should not touche them And also that all suche as toke the holy crosse vpon them should euery one at his requeste not only be deliuerid himself but also deliuer three or iiij soules whome so would out of purgatory S Dist. 21. cap. Decretis Agayn hauing such promise and asserance that my faith shall not fayle who then wil not beleaue my doctrine For did not Christ him selfe firste pray for Peter that his faithe shoulde not fayle T Pope Anacletꝰ Dist. 22. c. Sacrosancta Scripture well aplied and like a Clerke Also haue not I a sure promise of Paul his own mouth writinge to my Churche by these wordes God is my witnes whom I serue in my ●pirit in the gospel of his sonne that without ceasing I make mention of you alwayes in my prayers Rom. 1. V Pope Damasus 25. q. 1. c. Omnia Item Pope Gregor Dist. 19. Nulli Wherefore as I condemne all suche worthely whiche will not obey my decrees to be disposessid of al their honour with out restitution X Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 22. cap. Oēs So all they that beleue not my doctrine or stand agaynst the priuilege of the church especially of the Church of Rome I pronoūce them heretikes Y Ibidem And as the other before is to be called vniust so this mā is to be called an heretike Z Ibidem For why he goeth against the faith whiche goeth against hyr who is the mother of faith A Dist. 20. Decretales But here may rise percase a doubt or scruple that if my faith and knowlege stand so sure by the promise of Christ and by the continuall prayer of s. Paul whether is it trew or is to be graunted that any other shuld excel me in knowlege or interpretation of holy scripture B Ibidem For looke whose knowlege is groūdid of most reason his wordes shoulde seame to be of more autorite C Ibidem Wherunto I aunswere and graunt that manye there be and haue ben more abundātly indued with fuller grace of the holy gost and greater excellence of knowlege And therfore that the tractationes of Augustine Hierome others ought to be preferrid before the constitutiōs of diuerse popes yet I saye in determinatiō of causes bicause they haue not the vertue height of that autoritie which is giuen to me therfore in expoūding of scriptures they are to be preferred but in dissising of matters they stād inferiour to my autoritie By vertue of whiche autoritie D Dist. 19. Si Romanorū bothe they themselfes be alowed for doctors and there workes approued and also all other matters be ruled through the power of the keyes whiche be giuen to me immediatly of Christ. Although I denye not but the same keyes be also cōmitted to other Prelates as they were to other Apostels besides Peter E Gabriel Biel. li. 4. Dist. 19. yet it is one thing to haue the keyes an other thing to haue the vse of the keyes F Petrus de Palude Wherefore here is to be noted a distinctiō of keys after the mind of my Schole-doctors one key which is called Clauis ordinis hauing autoritie to bind lose but not ouer the persones whom they binde lose this autoritie they take not immediatly of Christ but mediatly by me the vicare of Christ. The other keye is called Clauis iurisdictionis which I the vicare of Christ take immediatly of him hauinge not onlye autoritie to bind lose but also Dominiō ouer thē on whom this keye is exercised By the Iurisdictiō of whiche key the fulnesse of my power is so greate that where as all other are subiectes G Dist. 96. cap. Si Imperator yea and Emperours themselfes oughte to subdue there executions to me Only I am a subiect to no creature H Gabriel lib. 4. Dist. 19. no not to me self except if I liste In foro paenitentiae to my Gostlyfather submitting me selfe as a sinner but not as Pope so that my Papall maiestie euer remayneth vnminished Superior to all men I Pope Nicolaus Dist. 19. cap. Si Romanorū in Glosa whome all persones ought to obey K Item 24. q. ● Hae● est and folowe L Dist. 40. cap. Si Papa no mā must iudge nor accuse of any crime eyther of Murder Adultery Symone or suche like M 2. q. 7. Nos si in Glosa No man depose but I me selfe N Extrau De elect Innotuit No man can excōmunicate me yea though I cōmunicate with the excōmunicate for no Canon bindeth me Whom no man must ley to O De penitētia Dist. i. c. Serpēs in Glosa For he that leyth to me is a churchrobber P Dist. 19. cap. Nulli And who obeyth not me is an heretike and an excōmunicate persō Q August de Ancho For like as al Iewes were commandid to obey the hey priest of Leuiticall order of what state or condition so euer they were So are all Christen men more and lesse bounde to obeye me Christes Leauetenant in earth concerning the obedience of whom or disobedience we haue in Deuter. 17. R Glosa Ordinaria Where the commen glose saieth that he who denieth to the hey priest Obedientiam leyth vnder the sentence of condēnation as much as he that denieth God his Omnipotentiam Thus then appeareth the greatnesse of my Priesthod S Antoninus begon in Melchisedech solemnized in Aaron Continued in the Children of Aarō perfectionated in Christ Representid in Peter Exalted in vniuersall iurisdictiō And manifestid in Syluester c So that throughe this Praeemiance of my pristhod hauing all thinges subiect to me T Antoninus it maye seame well verified in me that was spokē of Christ. Summae Ma●●ris 3. part ●ist 22. Psal. 8. Omnia subiecisti sub pedibus eius oues boues vniuersa pecora campi Volucres caeli pisces
A SOLEMNE Contestation of diuerse Popes for the aduaunsing of theyr supremacie quoted and collected faithfully out of their own Canon law according to the very wordes stile and tenor of the same theyr own Canons Decres Decretales Clementines Extrauagantes Bulles Epistles and commen Glose vpon the same Histories and stories of Romane Bisshops c. Informe and wordes as their are to be seane and found by the Quotations here vnto annexed Imprinted at London by Iohn Daye dwelling ouer Aldersgate Cum gratia priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis To the Christen Reader IN reading this Boke vnderstād gentle Reader nothing here to be feyned or forged of vs● otherwise than the Popes themselfes in theyr owne Persones speake and write in theyr owne Lawes and Canones accordyng as their wordes and sentences shall declare if thou please to searche them and to conferre the quotationes here in the Margent with their writynges as they stand in theyr owne Bokes Wherein if thou shalte finde any line or sentence through this whole Boke alteryng or vareyng from their wordes and truth of their writynges then iudge and wey not so much our labour in gathering as marke the matter maner of their handling and then be not ashamed to confesse the truth Vale. A Solemne Contestation of diuers Popes F A Pope Bonifacius 8. Extrauag de Maiorit obed c. Vnā Or as much as it standeth vpō necessite of saluation for euery humane creature to bee subiecte vnto me the Pope of Rome it shal be therefore requisite and necessary for all men that will be saued to learne knowe the dignitie of my sea and excellencie of my domination as here is set forth accordyng to the truth and very wordes of mine owne lawes in style as foloweth B Distinct. 28● ca. Decretis● First my institution began in the old Testament was consumate and finished in the newe in that my pristhode was prefigured by Aaron And other bishshopes vnder me were prefigured by the sonnes of Aarō that were vnder him C Pope pelagius Distinct. 21. c. Quāuis Nether is it to be thought that my church of Rome hath ben preferred by any general coūsell but obtained the primacie only by the voyce of the gospell the mouth of the sauiour D Pelagius ibidem And hath in it neither spotte nor wrincle nor any suche like thing E Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 21. cap. Inferior Wherefore as other seates be all inferiour to me as thei can not absolue me so haue they no power to binde me or to stand against me no more thā the axe hath power to stād or presume aboue him that heaweth with it or the sawe to presume against him that ruleth it F Pope Lucius 24. q. 1. cap. a. Recta This is the holy apostolike mother church of all other churches of Chryst G Pope Calixtus Dist. 12. cap. Non decet From whose rules it is not mete that any person or persons should decline but like as the sonne of God came to do the will of his Father so muste you do the will of your mother the church of Rome the head whereof am I. H Pope Innocētius Distinct. 11. cap. Quis. And if anye other person or persones shall erre from the said church eyther let them be admonished or els their names taken to be knowē who they be that swarue from the customes of Rome I Pope Stephanus Distinct. 19. ca. Enim●ero Thus thē for asmuch as the holy churche of Rome wherof I am gouernour is set vp to the whole worlde for a glasse or exāple reasō wold that what thing so euer the sayd church determyth or ordeneth that to be receaued of all men for a generall a perpetuall rule for euer K Pope Bonifa 8. Extrauag c. vnā sanctā Item Pope Ioannes 22. Extrau cap. Super gētes Wherevpon we se it now veryfide in this church that was forprophesied by Ieremy saing behold I haue set thee vp ouer nations and kingdomes to plucke vp and to breake down to build and to plante c. L Pope Innocētiui 3. art de maior obe c. Solitae Who so vnder standeth not the prerogatiue of this my Priesthode let him loke vp to the Firmament where he may see two great lightes the sunne the mone one ruling ouer the daye the other ouer the night So in the firmament of the vniuersall churche M Pope Gelasius distinc 96 cap. Duo God hath set two great dignities the autoritie of the Pope and of the emperour Of the whiche ij this our dignitie is so muche more weightier as we haue the greater charge to geue accompt to god for kings of the earth the lawes of men N Ibidem Wherfore be it knowne to you emperours which knowe it also right well that you depende vpon the iudgemēt of vs we muste not be brought and reduced to your will O Innocentius De Maior et obed c. Solitae For as I sayd loke what difference there is betwixt the Sunne and the Mone so great is the power of the Pope ruling ouer the daye that is ouer the spiritualtie aboue emperours and kinges rulinge ouer the nyght that is ouer the laitie P Glosa ibidē Now seyng then the earth is seuē times bigger then the Moone and the sunne eight times gretter than the earth it foloweth that the Popes dignitie 47. times dothe surmounte the estate of Emperours Q Ibidem Upon consideracion wherof I saye therfore pronoūce that Constantine the Emperour did naught in setting the patriarch of Cōstantinople beneth him on his left hād R Innocētius Glosa ibidem And although the said Emperour wrote to me alleging the wordes of saint Peter commaundyng vs to submit our selfs to euery humane creature as to kings dukes and other for the cause of God c. 1. Peter .2 yet in aunswering agayn in my decretall I expounded the minde and the wordes of s. Peter to pertain to his subiectes and not his successors willinge the saide emperour to consider the person of the speaker to whom it was spokē For if the mind of Peter had ben there to debase the order of pristhod and to make vs vnderlinges to euerye humane creature than euery Iacke might haue dominion ouer prelates whiche maketh against the example of Christ setting vp the order of presthod to bere dominion ouer kinges beyng said to Ieremy the Prophet beholde I haue set the vp ouer kinges nations c. S Pope Clemēs 5. Clemēt de iureiurando c. Romani And as I feared not than to write this boldly to Cōstantine so now I say to al other emperours that thei receiuing of me there approbation vnction consecratiō croune imperiall muste not disdaine to submit there heades vnder me and swear vnto me there allegeance T Pope Ioānes Dist. 96. c. Nunquam For so you reade in the decree
of pope Iohn howe that princes heretofore haue bē wont to bowe and submitte there heades vnto bishops and not to procede in Iudgement against the heades of bishops V Pope Clemēs 5. clement de Sentēt reiud c. Paestos ralis yf this reuerence submission was wont to begeuen to Bisshops howe muche more ought they to submitte there heades to me beyng superior not only to kinges but Emperours and that for two causes firste for my title of successiō that I pope of Rome haue to the empire the roume standinge vacant Also for the fulnesse of power that Christe the kinge of Kinges and lorde of Lordes hath geuen to me in the person of Peter X Pope Innocētius 3. De iudiciis cap. Nouit By reason whereof seyng my power is not of man but of God who by his celestiall prouidence hath set me ouer his whole vniuersall Churche maister and gouernour it belongeth therfore to my office to loke vpon euery mortal sinne of euery Christē man Y Ibidem Wherby all criminall causes as well of kinges as all other be subiecte to my censure Y Pope Iulius Caus. 2. q. 6. c. Ad Romanā in suche sorte that in all maner of pleadyng if any maner of person at any time eyther before the sentence giuen or after shall appele to me it shal be lawfulfor him so to do Z Innocentius Ibidem Nether must Kinges and Princes thinke it muche to submitte themselfes to my Iudgement for so did Valentinianus the worthy Emperour so did Theodosius and also Carolus A Bonifacius Dist. 40. cap. Si papa Thus you see all muste be iudged by me I of no man yea and thoughe I Pope of Rome by my negligencie or euill demanner befound vnprofitable or hurtfull other to my self or to others yea if I should draw with me innumerable soules by heapes to hell yet no mortall manne so hardy so bold or presumptuous to reproue me B Glosa Extrauag de sede vacant Ad apostolatus or to say to me Domine cur ita facis C Pope leo cau ● q. 7. c. No● for although you reade that Balaam was rebuked of his asse by the whiche Asse our subiectes by Balaam we prelates are signified yet that ought to be no example to our subiectes to rebuke vs. D Gregorius 2. q. 7. c. petr●● And though we reade in the scripture that Peter who receaued the power of kyngdome and beyng chiefe of the Apostels might by vertue of his office controlle all other was content to come and giue answere before his inferiours obiecting to him his goyng to the gentiles yet other inferiours muste not learne by this example to be chekmate with their prelates bycause that Peter so toke it at there handes shewyng therby rather a dispensation of humilitie than the power of his office by the whiche power he might haue saide to them again in this wise it becōmeth not shepe nor belongeth to their office to accuse or carpe theyr sheapherd c. E Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 21. cap. In tantū For els why was Dioscorus patriarch of Alexandria condemned and excōmunicate at Chalcedon not for any cause of his faith but only for that he durst stād against pope Leo and durst excōmunicate the Bisshop of rome for who is he that hath autoritie to accuse the seat of saint Peter F Hiero. Caus. 2 q. 7. cap. Paulus Albeit I am not ignorāt what saint Hieromy writeth that Paule would not haue reprehendid Peter vnlesse he had thought himselfe equale vnto him G Glosa Gratiani ibidem yet Hieromy muste thus be expoundid by my interpretation that this equalitie betwixt Peter and Paule consisteth not in like office of dignitie but in purenes of conuersation H Glosa in Dist. 11. c. Quis. For who gaue Paule his licence to preache but Peter and that by the autoritie of God sayng separate to me Paule and Barnabas c. I Caus. 2. q. 7. ●o beati Wherefore be it knowen to all men that my Churche of Rome is prince head of al nations K Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 22. c. oēs the mother of the faith L Pope Anacletus Dist. 22. c. Sacrosācta the fundation cardinall wherupon all churches do depende as the dore dothe depende by the hinges M Pope pelagius Dist. 21. quāuis the first of al other seates without al spot or blemish N Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 21. cap. Denique Lady mistres and instructor of all Churches O Pope Stephanus Dist. 19. Enimuero a glasse and spectacle to al men to be folowed in all what so euer she obseruith P Pope Lucius 24. q. 1. Arect Whiche was neuer founde yet to slide or decline from the pathe of apostolicke tradition or to be intāgled with anye newnes of Heresy Q Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 22. Oēs Agaynst which church of Rome who so euer speaketh any euill is forthwith an heritike R Pope Gregorius Dist. 81. cap. Siqui yea a very pagane a witch and idolater or infidele S Pope Leo. Caus. 3. q. 6. cap. Multū Hauinge fulnesse of power onlye in her owne handes in rulyng T Dist. 20. Decretales desisinge absoluinge condemning casting out or receiuing in V Pope Iulius Caus. 2. q. 6. Qui se. albeit I deny not but other Churches be partakers with hyr in laboring and caryng X Caus. 2. q. 6. Arguta itē c. Ad Romanā To the which church of Rome it is lawfull to appeale for remedy frō al other Churches Caus. 2. q. 6. cap. Placuit Although it was otherwise concluded in the generall coūcell of Carthage that no man shoulde appeale ouer the sea vnder paine of ex communication yet my glose commeth in here with an exception Glosa Gratiani ¶ Nisi Nisi forte Romanam sedem appellauerint 1. Except the appeale be to the sea of Rome c. Y Pope Gelasiꝰ 25. q. 1. cap. Cōfidimus By the autoritie of whiche Churche of Rome all sinodes and decrees of counsels stande confirmed Z Pope Vrbanꝰ 25. q. 1. c. Sūt And hath alwaies full autoritie in hyr handes to make newe Lawes and decrementes Pope Pelagius 25 q. 2. ca. posteaquam And to alter statutes priuileges rightes or Documentes of churches to separate thinges ioyned to ioyne things seperated vpon cōsideration eyther in whole or in parte personally or generally A Bulla Donationis Dist. 96. c. Cōstant Of the whiche Church of Rome I am heade as a king is ouer his iudges B Pope paschalis Dist. 63. cap. Ego the vicare of S. Peter C Pope Clemēs 5. Clemēt c. Romani Glosa yea not the vicare of Peter properly but the vicare of Christ properly and successor of Peter D Pope Bonifacius 8. Sext. Decretal cap. vbi vicare of Iesus christ E Ibidem Rector of the
vniuersall churche Director of the Lorde his vniuersall flocke F Pope Bonifacius prohem Sext. Decretal ib. Sacro sancta Chiefe magistrate of the whole worlde G Anacletus Dist. 22. cap. Sacro sancta 1. Cephas i. caput the head and chiefe of the Apostolike Churche H Pope Bonifacius 4. Sext. Decret de paenit remiss cap. 5. Glosa Item Alexander 4. Sext. Decre c. 4. in Glosa vniuersall Pope And diocesane in all places exempt as well as euerye Bisshoppe is in places not exempt I Pope hilarius 25. q. 1. Nulli most mightie Priest K Sext. Decret cap. Ab arbitris Glosa Lex animata in terris 1. L Pope Bonifaciꝰ Sext. Dec. De cōst cap. licet a liuing lawe lawe in the earth hauing all lawes in the chiste of my breste M Pope Innocētiꝰ 3. De trāsl c. Quanto bering the person of no pure mā N Prohaem Clemēt Glosa Papa Stupor mundi c. Nec Deus es nec homo quasi neuter es inter vtrūque beyng nether God nor man but the admiratiō of the world and a midle thing betwixte both O Pope Bonifacius Extr. De Maiorit obed ca. vnā Itē Dist. 22. c. Oēs Hauing both swordes in my power bothe of the spirituall temporall iurisdictiō P Sext. Decret De sentēt re c. Ad Apostolicae itē in Glosa ibidē so far surmoūting the autoritie of the emperour that I of mine owne power alone without a councell haue autorite to depose him to transferre his kyngdome and to giue a new election as I did to Frederick diuers other Q Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 22. cap. Oēs What power than or po●estate in al the world is cōparable to me who haue autoritie to binde and lose both in heauē earth R Glosa ibidē That is who haue power both of heauenly thinges and also of temporal thinges S Pope Gelasius Dist. 96. c. Duo To whom Emperours and kinges be more inferiour thā leade is inferiour to Gold T Pope Gelasius ibidem For do you not see the neckes of great kinges princes bēd vnder our knees yea thynke thēselfes happy well defensid if they maye kisse our hādes V Dist. 96. cap. Illud Wherfore the sawsines of Honorius thēperour is to be reprehēdid his constitutiō abolished who with his laitie would take vpon him to intermedle not onl●● with the temporall order but also with matters ecclesiastike and elettion of the pope X Ex citatione Hier. Marij But here percase some will obiect the examples words of Christ saing that his kingdom is not of this world and where he beyng required to deuide betwixt two brethren there hereditage did refuse it but that ought to be no preiudice to my power Y Pope Hilde brādus called Gregorius 7. Ex platina in Vita Gregorii For if Peter and I in Peter if we I saye haue power to binde loose in heauen how much more thā is it to be thought that we haue power in earth to loose and take awaye imperes Kyngdomes Dukedomes and what els so euer mortall men maye haue and to giue them where we will Z Hildebrandus ibidem And if we haue autoritie ouer Angels which be the gouernors of princes what thē maye we do vpon theyr inferiours and seruaūtes A Antonius in Tertia parte Sūmae maiori● And for that you shall not meruel that I say Angels be subiect to vs you shal here what my blessed clerke Antoninus wryteth of that matter saying that our power of Peter me is greater then the Angels in .4 thynges In iurisdiction 2. in administration of sacramēts 3. in knowlege 4. and in reward c. B Bulla Clemē●●● And again in Bulla Clementis do not I there commaunde in my Bull the angels of Paradise to absolue the soule of man oute of purgatory and to bringe it into the glory of Paradise C Pope Innocētius De electione c. Ve●erabilem And now besides my heauē by power to speake of mine earthly iurisdiction who did first translate the Empeire from the Grekes to the Almanes but I D Extrauagan De praeben et dig c. Execrabilis And not only in the Empyre am Emperour the place being emptie but in all ecclesiasticall benefices haue full right and power to giue to translate and to dispose after my arbitremēt E Pope Zacha●ias Caus. 15 q. 6. c. Ali●● Did not I Zacharias put downe Hildericke the olde king of Fraūce and set vp Pipinus F Pope Hildebrand called Gregorius 7. Clemēt c. pastoralis Did not I Gregorius sept set vp Robert VVysarde and made him kyng of Sicilia Duke of Capua c. G Ex Gestis Hildebrandi● Did not I the same Gregorius also sette vp Rodulphus against Henricus themperour H Baptista Egnatius And thoughe this Henricus was an Emperour of moste stoute courage who stoode 62. times in opē fielde against his enemies I Platina Benno Nauclerus● yet did not I Gregorius bring him coram nobis and made him stande at my gate three dayes and iij. nightes barefote barelegge with his Wife and Childe in the depe of winter bothe in froste and snowe entreating for his absolucion and after did excōmunicate him again so was he twise excommunicate in my daies K Platina Egnatius Benno Again did not I Paschalis after Gregory set vp the Sonne of the said Henricus against his Father in warre to possesse the Empere and to put down his father and so he did L Polido Virgilius Historia Iornalensis de rebus Anglorum Itē did not I pope Alexander brynge vnder Henry the second king of England for the death of Thomas Becket and caused him to goe barefote to his tombe at Canterburie with bleding feete M Chronica ver●acula Did not I Innocentius the thirde cause kinge Iohn to knele downe at the fete of Pandolfus my legate and offer vp his crowne to his handes also to kisse the fete of Steuen Lāghton bishop of Cāterbury and besides marsid him in a M. Markes by yeare N Pope Vrbanꝰ Caus. 15. q. 6. cap. Iuratos Did not I Vrbanus 2. put downe Hugo erle in Italy discharging his subiectes from their othe and obedience to him O Pope Pasch●lis Carsulani●● Platina Vincentius Stella Antoninus Matheus pari●siensis Did not I Paschalis excōmunicate also his Sonne Henricus 5. and gate out of his handes al his right and title of electiōs and donacions of spirituall promotions Did not I Gelasius .2 bring the captaine Cintius vnder Pope Gelasius ● vnto the kissing of my fete And after Gelasius Pope Calixtus ●2 did not I Calixtus 2. quale the for said emperour Henricus 5. also did bring in subiection Gregorie whom the sayd Emperour had set vp against me to be Pope
Platina de vitis pontificū bringing him into Rome vpon a Camell his face to the horse taile making him to hold the horse taile in his hāde in steade of a bridle P Pope Innocētius .2 Platina Further did not I Innocentius 2. set vp and made Lotharius to be Emperour for driuing out Pope Anacletus out of Rome Q Nauclerus Dyd not I the said Innocētius take the Dukedome of Sicile from the Empere made Roger to be king thereof wherby afterwarde the kingdome became the patrimonie of s. Peter R Pope Alexāder .3 De spōsal matr c. Non e●t Did not I Alexander .3 suspende al the realme and Churches of Englande for the Kinges mariage Anno 1159. S Nauclerus Acta Rom. pontificum But what do I speake of kings did not the said Alexander bringe the valiant Emperour Fredericke the firste to Venece by reason of his sonne Otho there taken prisoner and there in s. Marke his Churche made him fall downe flat vpon the ground while I set my fote vpon his necke sayng the verse of the Psalme Super a●pidem basiliscum ambulabis c. T Pope Adrianus Vitae Ro. pontificum Did not I Hadrianus pope and an English man borne excommunicate William King of Sicile and refused his peace which he offerid And had not he ouercome me in plaine fielde I would haue shaked him out of his kingdom of Sicile and Dukedome of Apulia V Ex A●entino Also did not I the saide Adrianus controlle and correct the forsaide Fridericus emperour for holding the lea●te sturrup of my horse whā he should haue holdē the right X ●ulla Adriani ●ōtr● Caesarē And afterwarde did excomunicate and curse him for that he was so sawsie to set his owne name in writing before mine Y Acta Rom. pontifi And although a pore flie afterwarde ouercame strangled me yet I made kynges and Emperours to stope Z Pope Innocētius 3. Ex vitis Actis Rom. pontifi●cū Dyd not I Innocentius .3 deiect Philippus brother to Fridericus frō the emperiall crowne beyng electid withoute my leaue and after set him vp agayne And also set vp Otho of Brūswicke Ex Abbate Vrspergense and after did excōmunicate also depose the same 4. yeares setting vp the frēch kyng to warre against hym A Ex eodem Then was Fridericus .2 by me sette vp and reigned .37 yeares and yet fiue yeares before he died B Pope Honoriꝰ 3. Ex Mario Did not I Honorius interdicte him for not restoring certaine to their possessions at my requeste C Pope Gregorius 9. Ex eodem Whom also Gregorius .9 dyd excommunicate twise together and raised vp the Venetians agaynst him D Pope Innocētius .4 Hieronimus Mariꝰ Petrus de Vineis And at length Innocentius spoiled him of his empere after that caused hym to be poysoned at length to be strangled by one Manfredus and did excommunicate his sonne Conradus after him not only depreuing him of his right inheritaūce but also caused him with Friderick Duke of Austria to be beheaded E Ex Chronic. Car●onis Thus then dyd not I excōmunicate and depose all these Emperours in order Henricus .4 Henricus .5 Fridericus .1 Philippus Otho .4 Fridericus .2 and Conradus his sonne F Historia An●glorū Did not I interdicte kyng Henry the eyght G Ibidem And all his kingdome of Englād H Ibidem And had not his prudence and power preuētid my practise I had displaced him frō his kingdome also briefly who is able to comprehend the greatnesse of my power of my seat I Pope Marcellus Dist. 17 cap. Synodū for by me only generall councels take theyr force and cōfirmation K Dist. 20● Decret●les and the interpretacion of the said consels and of al other causes hard and doubtfull ought to be referred and stande to my determination M Pope Nicolaꝰ Dist. 19. Si Romanorū By me the workes of all wryters what so euer they be eyther be reproued or allowed N Ibidem Then howe muche more ought my wrytinges and decrees to be preferrid before al other O Dist. 20. Decretales In so muche that my letters and epistels decretall be equiualent with generall councels P Symmachus Pope 9. q. 3. Aliorū And wher as God hath ordenid all causes of men to be iudged by men he hath only reseruid me that is the Pope of Rome without all questiō of men vnto his own iudgement Q Pope Innocētius 6. q. 3. c. Nemo And therfore where all other creatures be vnder theyr iudge only I which in earth am the iudge of all can be iudged of none nether of Emperour nor the whole Clergye nor of Kynges nor yet of the people R Ibidem For who hath power to iudge vpō his Iudge S Pope Gelasiꝰ .9 q. 3. cap. Cuncta This iudge am I that alone without anye other assistance of any ●ouncel ioyned to me For I haue power vpon councels councels haue no power vpō me But yf the coūcell determe amisse it is in my autoritie alone to infringe it or to condemne whome I luste without any councell T Ibidem And all for the preminēce of my predecessor blessed saint Peter which by the voyce of the lord he receuid and euer shall retene V Anastasius patriarch D. q. 3. c. Antiquis Item 1● q. 3. cap. Quamuis Farthermore and where as al other sentences and iudgmēts both of coūcels person or persones maye and oughte to be examined X Pope Gregorius .2 q. 3. c. Quatuor for that thei may be corrupted foure wayes by feare by giftes by hatred by fauoure only my sentēce and iudgement muste stande Y Pope Agatho Dist. 19. cap. Sic oēs as gyuen out of Heauen by the mouth of Peter himself whiche no manne must Z Pope Nicolaus .9 q. 3. cap. Patet breake nor retract A Pope Innocentius 2. Art 17. q. 4● Si quis No man muste dispute or doubt of B Dist. 19. cap. In memoriam yea if my iudgment statute or yock seame scarsly tolerable yet for remēbrāce of s. Peter it must be humbly obeyd C Sextꝰ Decret Tit. 7. De renunciat Quoniā Glosa yea and moreouer obediēce is to be geuē not only to such decrees sette forthe by me in time of my Popedome but also to suche as I do foresey commit to writing before I be Pope D Of●ic l. 1. And although it be thought by some writers to be giuen to all men to ere and to be deceauid E Glosa Extra De verb. signif cap. Ad. yet nether am I a pure man F Pope Gregorius Caus. 35. q. 9. Apostolicae and again the sentence of my Apostolike seat is alwaies cōceauid with such moderation is concocte and digestid with suche pacience
therefore let vs fight with them in the valles that is in the power of temporall possessions and so we shall preuaile ouer them O Okam in Dialogo parte 1. lib. 5. Oytanus But what sayeth the sentence of God to them let vs heare Bicause sayth he the Syrians say that the God of Mountance is there God and not the God of valles P Petrus de Palude Petrus de Tharam Petrus de Aliaco Panormitanꝰ therfore I will giue all this multitude into your hande and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde What can be more effectually spoken to set forthe the maiestie of my iurisdiction whiche I receaued immediatly of the Lord of the Lord I saye and of no mā Alexander de A●es For where as Constantine themperour gaue to Siluester induyng him with this possession and patrimonie R Raymūdus in Sūma de Ca●●sibus Richardus Rabanus super Math. cap. 16. Rupertus Tu●itiensis that is so to be expoundid and taken not so muche for a Donatiō as to be coūted for a restitution made of that which tyrānously was takē frō him before And agayn where as I haue giuen at sondry times to Ludouicus and other Emperours of my temporall landes and possessions yet that was donne not so muche for anye recognising of homage to thē as for keping peace with thē For I owe to Emperours no dewe obediance that they cā cleame S Scotus Doctor Subtilis but they owe to me as to theyr superiour And therefore for a diuersitie betwixt there degree and mine in theyr consecratiō they take theyr vnction on the arme I on the head T Thomas Aquin And as I am superiour to them so am I superior to all Lawes and fre from all constitutions Which am able of my self and by my interpretation to preferre equite beyng not wryten before the lawe wryten V Vlricus Waldemꝰ cōfessionate De Sacramētis Hauinge all lawes within the chiest of my breste as is aforesayd And what so euer this my sea shal inacte approue or disproue all men ought to approue or reproue the same with out either iudging disputing doubting or retracting Such is the priuilege giuē of Christ in behalf of Peter to the church of Rome X Ioan. Dreido De Dogmatibus va●iis lib. 4. that what Countre so euer kingdom or prouince cheusing to them selfes Bisshops ministers although they agree with al other christes faithful people in the name of Iesu that is in faith and charitie beleuing in the same God and in Christ his trewe sonne and in the holy gost hauyng also the same Crede the same Euangelistes and scriptures of the Apostels yet not withstāding vnlesse their Bishops and Ministers take theyr origine and ordination from this Apostolike seate they are to be counted not of the Churche So that succession of fayth only is not sufficient to make a church except the Ministers take theyr ordination by thē whiche haue there successiō from the Apostels So theyr fayth supremacie the chayre of Peter keyes of heauē power to bind and loose all these be inseperable to the church of Rome so that it is to bee presumed that God always prouiding and sainct Peter helpyng the bishoprike diocese of Rome shal neuer defayle from faith And likewise it is to be presumed presupposed that the bishop of that Churche is alwayes good and holy yea though he be not alwayes good or destitute of his owne merites yet the merites of S. Peter predecessor of that place be sufficient for him who hath bequethed and lefte a perpetuall dewrie of merites with inheritance of innocencye to his posteritie Y Hugo in Glosa Dist. 40. c. Non Nos yea though he fall into Homicide or adultery he may sinne but yet he can not be accused but rather excused by the Murders of Sampson the theftes of the Haebrues the adultery of Iacob Z Glos. in Caus. 11. q. 3. cap. Ab sit And likewise if any of his clergy should be foūd embrasing a woman it muste be expoūdid and presupposed that he doth it to blesse hyr Furthermore the Pope say they hath all the dignities all power of all Patriarches In his primacie he is Abell In gouermente the Arche of Noe In Patriarchdō Abraham In order Melchisedech In dignitie Aaron In autoritie Moses In seat iudiciall Samuel In zeale Helias In mekenes Dauid In power Peter In vnction Christ. Du bist das Antichrist My power they saye is greater than all the sainctes For whome I confirme no manne maye infirme I maye fauour spare whome I please A Glosa in c. 11. q. 3. Si inimicus to take frō one and to giue to an other And if I be ennemy to anye man al men ought to eschew that person forthewith and not to tary and loke whyle I bid them so to do All the earth is my diocese and I the ordinarie of al meune hauing the autoritie of the Kinge of all kinges vpon subiectes I am all in all aboue all B Hostiensis in cap. Quāto D● trāsl praeb so that God him selfe I the vicare of God haue both one Consistorie C Ex summa casuum fratris Baptistae and am able to do almoste all that God can doe Claue non errāte D Ex Citatione Hen. Bulling De fine seculi Orat. Prima Item ex citatione Iacobi Andreae aduersus Hosiū lib. 5. Item ex citatione Hierom. Marij in Actis 2. Diei Itē it is said of me that I haue an heauēly arbitrement and therfore am able to chaunge nature of thinges Substantialia vnius applicando alteri And of nothing to make thinges to be and of a sentence that is nothing to make it stande in effect In all thinges that I liste my wyll to stand for reason For I am able by the lawe to dispense aboue the lawe De cōcessione praeb ca. Proposuit and of wrōg to make Iustice in correcting Lawes chaūgyng thē You haue herd hytherto sufficiētly out of my Doctors nowe you shal heare greater things oute of mine owne decrees E Pope Nicol●us● Dist. 96. c. Satis Reade there Dist. 96. c. Satis F 11. q. 1. Sacerdotibus also Caus 11. q. 1. ca Sacerdotibus G 12. q. 1. c. Futuram Also 12. q. 1. cap. Futurā Do not you finde there expressed how Constātinus the Emperour sitting in the generall Councel of Nice called vs Prelates of the Churche all Gods H Decretal De Transl. episc● cap. Quanto Agayn reade my Canon Decretal De transl episc cap. Quanto Doe you not see theyr manifestlye expressed howe not manne but God alone separateth that which the Bisshoppe of Rome doth dissolue separate Wherfore if those thinges that I do be said to be done not of manne but of God what canne you make of me but God Agayn if Prelates of the Churche be called