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Love Affairs of the Vatican, The
Dr. Angelo S. Rappoport

Number of quotes: 3


Book ID: 250 Page: 4

Section: 3A2A

These kings, freed from feudal service, considered themselves above all law, because they were above all resistance. Innocent III made the thunders of the Church rumble over their heads; he excommunicated a usurping king in Norway, a king of Aragon who coined false money, the perjured and traitorous John of England, and Philip Augustus of France, who had repudiated his wife the day after their marriage, and married again.

Quote ID: 6263

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 250 Page: 27

Section: 3A1,2C

Gregory’s aim was to isolate the priests from society, to turn them into a praetorian guard of the Pope. The Pontiff was to be a king, an emperor; he was to be above the sovereigns of the world, and as such he, too, must have his armies and his guards.

Pastor John’s note: Gregory VII (Pope 2073–1085)

Quote ID: 6264

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 250 Page: 130

Section: 3A1,4B

The war between Henry, the German Emperor, and the Pope [PJ: Gregory VII] was being waged. Papacy and Empire had entered into that long struggle for supremacy which was to last for centuries. The successors of Charlemagne and the inheritors of St. Peter were each claiming the rule of the world.

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The former monk ordered the German Emperor to appear before the papal throne in Rome, and when the inheritor of the succession of Charlemagne disobeyed, he was excommunicated, deprived of his Imperial dignities, and his crown bestowed upon the Duke of Swabia. Henry was ultimately obliged to travel to Canossa, there to do penance and to humiliate himself before the proud ruler on the throne of St. Peter.

Quote ID: 6265

Time Periods: 7



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