Magister sacri palatii

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Magister sacri palatii ( lat. ) Is the traditional title of the papal house theologian in the Roman Catholic Church . The title "Master of the Holy Apostolic Palace" ( Magister Sacri Palatii Apostolici ) existed until 1968, when he was Pope Paul VI through the Apostolic Letter Pontificalis Domus . was changed to theologian of the papal household ( Pontificalis Domus Doctor Theologus ). Originally he was the teacher of the servants of the Pope and the cardinals . From the early 16th century he was in particular entrusted with the index Librorum Prohibitorum for book censorship, which was abolished in 1966. According to tradition, the incumbent must always be a Dominican .

Important court theologians were z. B. Bartolomeo Spina or Giuseppe Agostino Orsi . Ironically, Giovanni Nanni (1432-1502), however, did in this position by valuable today forgery (Berosus Babilonicus. De his quae praecesserunt inundationem terrarum) allegedly unknown fragments of ancient authors by Annio da Viterbo forth.

For example, there were important court theologians

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus-Bernward Springer:  SPINA, Bartolomeo. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 1506-1509.
  2. Archived copy ( Memento from July 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )