Ausculta fili

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Ausculta fili or Ausculta filii ( Latin : Hear (my) son) is a papal bull from Pope Boniface VIII , with which he summoned King Philip IV of France and the French bishops to a synod in Rome on December 5, 1301 . In this bull, the Pope adopted a fatherly tone and pointed out the “evil” that had come over France, her throne and the Church . He invited Philip to repent and asked him to correct his path.

The papal legate had the injury in 1301 the French king clerical accused of rights and demanded a share of church tax revenues for the implementation of a crusade . Philip IV was accused of further abuses of the law, for example he is said to have dismissed bishops, appointed new bishops and used church funds for state purposes. These allegations led to the charge of treason and the arrest of the papal envoy. The reaction was this bull with which Pope Boniface VIII demanded the release and issued an invitation to Rome.

King Philip IV reacted to the bull, he released the papal legate and asked him to leave the country. The original of the bull was destroyed and Pierre Flote wrote the forgery "Deum time", the text was written much harder and more harsh than the original text, and it was submitted to the Imperial Assembly on April 10, 1302 in Paris .

Many representatives of the French episcopate took part in the synod, which took place on October 30, 1302, despite massive threats and bans by Philip IV . The aim of the Synod should be to clarify the relationship between spiritual and secular power. The results were reflected in the resulting Bull Unam Sanctam , with which the papal claim to world domination was most sharply circumscribed.

Individual evidence

  1. quod-est-dicendum.org: Pope Boniface VIII. - Between the claim to world domination and self- misconception (The conflict with France) ( Memento of December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) , accessed on April 30, 2011
  2. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz:  Bonifatius VIII., Pope. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 690-692.
  3. Johannes MadeyPhilip IV the Beautiful (Philippe IV le Bel). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1238-1240.

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