Quoniam alto

With the consistorial bull Quoniam alto of November 12, 1431 and December 18, 1431, Pope Eugene IV tried to end the Council of Basel . The name Konsistorialbulle derives from Konsistorium , this is an assembly of cardinals led by the Pope .

Repeal of the Council of Basel

In the early years of the 15th century, the old theory prevailed that “ general councils ” as representatives of the universal Church would stand above the Pope and, if necessary, judge and depose him. The Council of Pisa (1409), Constance (1414-1418) (cf. Council Decree Haec sancta ) and Pavia or Siena (1423-1424) proceeded accordingly. The position of the Pope was in great danger at the Basel Council, after Eugene IV had confirmed the Basel Council in July 1431, negative reports from Basel and the plan for a union synod with the Greeks led him to the meeting in Basel on December 18, 1431 dissolve.

Renewed recognition by the Basel Council

Eugene IV, who reacted with this bull, tried to end this council and convened a council in Bologna for the summer of 1433 . However, the resistance of the Basel Council Fathers, the uprisings in the Papal States and the pressure of Emperor Sigismund prompted the Pope to recognize the Basel Council again in mid-December 1433 (see Papal Bull Dudum sacrum ). Later, Eugene IV was called the savior of the papacy from the danger of conciliarism , as it would have manifested itself especially at the Council of Basel.

literature

The papacy - epochs and shapes , ed. Bruno Moser, Südwest Verlag, Munich, August 1986, ISBN 3-517-00809-5
The Popes - Rulers of Heaven and Earth , Ed. Hans-Christian Huf, Ullstein Buchverlage, Berlin, 2008, ISBN 978-3-550-08693-9
Marco Innocenti: GIULIANO CESARINI. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 24, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-247-9 , Sp. 707-715. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive ) (see Giuliano Cesarini )

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↑ To explain the different dates November 12 and December 18, 1431 (English) [1]
↑ The council convened by Pope Martin V in 1423 in Pavia was moved to Siena because of a plague-like epidemic. However, this was poorly staffed and did not even bring together a reform decree until its dissolution in 1424 (see literature: Das Papsttum)

[1] To explain the different dates November 12 and December 18, 1431 (English) [1]

[2] The council convened by Pope Martin V in 1423 in Pavia was moved to Siena because of a plague-like epidemic. However, this was poorly staffed and did not even bring together a reform decree until its dissolution in 1424 (see literature: Das Papsttum)