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4 days ago · Pope John XXII inadvertently caused the beatific vision controversy (1331–1334) by suggesting that the saved do not attain the beatific vision, or "see God" until Judgment Day (in Italian: Visione beatifica differita, "deferred beatific vision"), which was a view possibly consistent with soul sleep. The Sacred College of Cardinals held a ...
Sep 1, 2024 · Pope Clement IV (Latin Clemens IV 23 November 1190 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois (Latin Guido Falcodius French Guy de Foulques or Guy Foulques) and also known as Guy le Gros (French for Guy the Fat Italian Guido il Grosso), was bishop of Le Puy (12571260), archbishop of Narbonne (1
Aug 29, 2024 · In February 1312, envoys from Philip IV negotiated with the pope without consulting the council, and Philip held an assembly in Lyon to put further pressure on the topic of the Templars. He went to Vienne on 20 March 1312 where Clement was forced to adopt the expedient of suppressing of the Templars on the grounds of the general welfare of the ...
3 days ago · Pope Francis made two comments last week that touched off a tempest in Christendom. First, during an interreligious meeting at Catholic Junior College in Singapore, he said that religions are ...
4 days ago · The earliest firm date is ad 431, when St. Germanus, bishop of Auxerre in Gaul, proposed, with the approval of Pope Celestine I, to send a certain Palladius to “the Scots believing in Christ.” Subsequent missionary history in Ireland is dominated by the figure of St. Patrick, whose 7th-century biographers, Tirechán and Muirchú, credited ...
2 days ago · In 1460, Pope Pius rebuked Cardinal Borgia for attending a private party which Pius had heard turned into an orgy. Borgia apologized for the incident but denied that there had been an orgy. Pope Pius forgave him, and the true events of the evening remain unknown. [20] In 1462, Rodrigo Borgia had his first son, Pedro Luis, with an unknown mistress.
2 days ago · Nicknamed the Warrior Pope, the Battle Pope or the Fearsome Pope, he chose his papal name not in honour of Pope Julius I but in emulation of Julius Caesar. [1] One of the most powerful and influential popes, Julius II was a central figure of the High Renaissance and left a significant cultural and political legacy. [ 2 ]
