Ad conditorem canonum
With the Papal Bull Ad conditorem canonum of December 8, 1322, Pope John XXII reacted . to the letter of the General Chapter of the Franciscans , which he had received in response to his previous Bull Quia nonnunquam of March 26, 1322.
Continuation of the poverty dispute
In 1322 John XXII. convened a commission through which the question of evangelical poverty should be examined, because it was important to him to end the poverty dispute. Previously he had with the bull Quia nonnunquam that of Nicholas III. The ban on discussion was lifted (Bull Exiit qui seminat (1279), under threat of excommunication ).
The General Chapter of the Franciscans then wrote a circular proclaiming "that Christ and the apostles had no property either".
Repeal of the goods regulation
John XXII. reacted with this new bull, stating the difference between the right of use and property rights as a matter of interpretation; the Pope confirmed his statements in the previous bull. He canceled the administration of the goods by the church and made the religious community the owner. With this arrangement, not only a conflict arose with the spirituals , but the dispute over the ideal of poverty now gripped the entire community . The wing of the Spirituals prepared to defend their ideas about poverty, while the rest of the religious community evaded decision by silence. Pope John XXII reacted to this new situation. finally with the bull Cum inter nonnullos of November 12, 1323.
See also
Michael von Cesena "The Poverty Controversy"