Super cathedram
Super cathedram is a papal bull with which Pope Boniface VIII gave the promise on February 18, 1300 that the monks of the mendicant orders a . a. be allowed to preach publicly. However, this was only a preliminary clarification and the Pope had to temporarily repeal the bull. After this revocation, the bull received its canonical and legal determination at the Council of Vienne . The council adopted the provisions in its decrees and the proclamation by Clement V gave them permanent validity. The decretals were incorporated into the clementines ( Clem. 3.7.2 ) and thus into the Corpus Iuris Canonici .
Pastoral control
With the now legally valid bull was determined that the pastoral control remains with the local bishops remained, he could single religious priests the right of Beichtabnahme and absolution grant transferred, but he was not obliged to do.
Tax obligation
At the same time it was stipulated that for the mendicant orders the obligation to pay a quarter of the monetary income through wills and sepulture fees ( burial costs ) to the curate clergy (clergy who is particularly responsible for pastoral care) exists. In general, this bull extended the mendicant privileges of all mendicant orders and to the Carmelite order .
Preaching being
The religious communities regarded the preaching activity as one of their main tasks, in order to instruct the Christian people in the faith and to induce them individually to repent in their way of life. Boniface VIII regulated the preaching in public places in the cities and in the parish churches with his bull .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Bonifatius VIII papa: Bulla "Super cathedram" (1300 Feb. 18) from: Long catalog: Cologne, Cathedral Library, Codex 134 in the version of the Clementines.
- Publications on Super cathedram in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
