Cartwright w c william cornwallis (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. xii, 236 p.; title-page woodcut redrawn from G. Leti, Histoire des conclaves, Cologne 1703; 17 cm. `The privileges and provisions that authorize and limit the actions of a Cardinal are absolutely non-existing for him the instant he has been transformed into a Pope. The proclaimed Pope can at once decree, and suspend and abrogate, as he may please; but as long as there is only a Cardinal in question, his liberties are secured to him by instruments that at the same time define and tie them down. An account of the state of things constitutionally created by the advent of an interregnum--of the chartered privileges and powers which can then come in question, and of the elements that are recognised as legitimately qualified to intervene in the election of a Pope,--would according furnish a bird's-eye view of the constitution of the Roman See.' (p. 6) -- `It was Hildebrand who, taking advantage of public discussions in Rome, secured by adroit management the sudden nomination of Nicolas II. at Florence in 1059, and then induced his nominee to issue the Bull which must be regarded as the original charter of the College of Cardinals--the Magna Charta on which reposes the existing structure of that body--a deed of abiding importance for the constitution of the Roman See. By it the College of Cardinals was called into creation as an Ecclesiastical Senate, invested organically with the elective franchise which can give a Head to the Church.' (p. 11 f.) Good spotted orig. dull ocher cloth. Paper spine labels chipped.…