History of Mediaeval And of Modern Civilization to the End of the Seventeenth Century
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He goverj^ned all the clergy, and all believers through the clergy. He had reserved for himself the right to convoke coun- cils, to depose bishops, to absolve great criminj^^to give dispensations. He communed on an e^^Bd throne, and had his feet kissed. His letters haSRie force of law throughout the church, and they thus defined his power: "The Creator," said Innocent III., "has established in the firmament of the church, two dignities ; the more considerable, the papacy which pre- sides over t...he souls of men, as the sun rules over the day ; the less important, the royalty which presides over their bodies as the moon over the night. The papacy takes precedence of royalty just as the sun does of the moon." "God has given to Saint Peter the mission to govern not only the church universal, but the world. As all creatures in heaven, in earth, and under the earth must bend the knee before God, so must all obey his vicar, so there shall be but one flock and one shepherd." In 1296, Boniface VIII.
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