第4章 聖職者(僧侶)の権力 n.14 - 教皇選挙の選挙権を枢機卿に限定
教会改革運動の最も重要な勝利の一つは,1059年の布告によって,教皇の選出方法が確定したことであった。この布告が出される以前,皇帝とローマの民衆はある一定の明確でない(はっきりしない)権利をもっており,それによって,教皇選出選挙が分裂したり,異議が唱えられたりした。即座に争いなしにというわけにもいかなかったけれども,新しい布告(教令)は,教皇選挙の選挙権を枢機卿たちに限定することに成功した。 |
Chapter IV: Priestly Power, n.14Clerical celibacy was one of Hildebrand's preoccupations; in enforcing it, he enlisted the laity, who were frequently guilty of gross cruelty towards priests and their wives. The campaign was not, of course, completely successful --to this day it has not succeeded in Spain- -but one of its main objects was achieved by the decree that sons of priests could not be ordained, which prevented the local priesthood from becoming hereditary.One of the most important triumphs of the reform movement was the fixing of the method of Papal election by the decree of 1059. Before this decree, the Emperor and the Roman populace had certain ill-defined rights, which made schisms and disputed elections frequent. The new decree succeeded --though not immediately and not without a struggle-- in confining the right of election to the Cardinals. |