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 Pope Gregory IX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick II went to the Holy Land and skirmished with the Saracens to fulfill his vow, but was soon back in Italy, where Gregory IX had taken advantage of his absence by invading his territories.
The suspension was followed by excommunication and threats of deposition, as deeper rifts appeared — Frederick II's control of the Sicilian Church, his feudal obligations to the Pope, even his continued presence in Sicily.
In the course of a disputation, Pope Gregory IX ordered the Talmud burned (note a non-heretical book floating above the fire.
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 Biography – Pope Gregory IX – The Papal Library
The pope received a letter from Philip, prior of the Dominicans in the Holy Land, in which he said that "the patriarch of the Jacobites, a man venerable for age, knowledge, and virtue, came this year (1237) to pray at Jerusalem, with a numerous attendance of bishops and monks of his nation.
The pope wrote to Louis IX on the same subject, and the pious king replied that he had given orders that in his kingdom every one should obey the wise and prudent decision of His Holiness.
The pope sent some Franciscans on a mission to the infidels, with a letter addressed to the Sultan of Damascus, containing a long instruction upon the Christian religion, supported by many passages of the Old and New Testaments.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Gregory the Great
Gregory gave much of his time to lecturing on the Holy Scriptures and is recorded to have expounded to his monks the Heptateuch, Books of Kings, the Prophets, the Book of Proverbs, and the Canticle of Canticles.
There cannot be the smallest doubt that Gregory claimed for the Apostolic See, and for himself as pope, a primacy not of honor, but of supreme authority over the Church Universal.
Gregory, while always upholding the spiritual jurisdiction of the bishop, was firm in support of the monks against any illegal aggression.
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 Historical Overview of the Inquisition
Pope Gregory's original intent for the Inquisition was a court of exception to inquire into and glean the beliefs of those differing from Catholic teaching, and to instruct them in the orthodox doctrine.
Pope Paul IV carged the congregation to draw up a list of books which he felt offended faith or morals.
Cardinal Carafa became Pope Paul IV in 1555 and immediately urged a vigorous pursuit of "suspects." His snare did not exclude bishops or even cardinals of the Church.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Gregory IX
The pope, however, denying that an excommunicated emperor had a right to undertake a holy war, not only refused his blessing, but put him under the ban a second time and released the crusaders from their oath of allegiance to him.
Gregory IX sent him a cordial answer and commissioned four learned monks (two Franciscans and two Dominicans) to treat with the patriarch concerning the reunion.
When still Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, Gregory IX would often don the dress of St. Francis, walk about barefoot with the saint and his disciples, and talk of holy things.
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 Gregory IX: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
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As Pope Gregory VII (from 1073) he convoked reform synods...
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 MS1, Detailed Description in Table Format, Syracuse University Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Because the folio for the beginnning of the Decratals of Gregory IX is missing, an illumination may also be missing.
The Decretal letter of Pope Nicholas III (1277-1280) dated 1278 and added to front flyleaf suggests that the main text was written before the date of that letter.
The pope is seated before the crowd (of 7), some who are looking at him while other are talking among themselves.
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 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of September 3
Gregory, however, in the Lateran Council of 601, cause a decree to be issued to all bishops exempting monks from their authority.
Gregory's later determination (as pope) to free monks from episcopal control was definitely contrary to tradition.
It came to be used by the popes as a means of signifying a metropolitan (i.e., archbishop or patriarch), although in some instances it was conferred on a diocesan bishop where there was no metropolitan.
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 1200 - 1300
Pope Innocent III proclaims a Crusade against the Albigenses (a religious sect) in Southern France.
A judgement called Mise of Amiens is passed by Louis IX, King of France, who is called into arbitrate between Henry III and the barons.
Emperor Frederick II returns from the Holy Lands to defend himself from Pope Gregory IX's army.
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 inquisition history
Thus the two authorities, the temporal and the spiritual, after they had worked separately for a long, time, united their efforts to stamp out the anti-Christian, anti-social and anarchistic heresies which had for over two hundred years troubled the peace of Christendom and menaced the foundations of Church and State.
But neither the bishops who met at Toulouse, nor Pope Innocent III, nor St. Dominic, as has sometimes been incorrectly stated, were the founders of the Inquisition.
For punishment Innocent had in mind the confiscation of property, banishment, and exclusion, from burial in consecrated ground, not death.
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 Pope Pius IX
If the Pope did not remain a temporal king, then it seemed he could no longer be the Church’s chief bishop.” [5] That firm belief was central to Church’s understanding from 1814 on.
The actions of Pius IX are not defensible in today’s understanding, and would not be defended by the Church.
At the time, however, it was viewed as a stunning defeat by both the Church itself, and a secular world that assumed the Church had received a mortal blow.
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 Gregory IX --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The reign of Leo IX is memorable for two reasons: the extensive reforms he implemented within the church and his forceful support of papal supremacy, which led to a formal break with the Eastern Orthodox church in 1054.
Of these the three who made the greatest impact on their times and in the church they served were St. Gregory I the Great, St. Gregory VII, and Gregory IX.
There have been 16 popes named Gregory in the Roman Catholic church.
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 Keeping Catholics Catholic Page XXV-The Timeline-The Thirteenth Century
On September 14, King St. Louis IX divested himself of his Royal garments and walking barefoot, carried a fragment of the Holy Cross in a procession during the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross.
Francis of Assisi heard the Gospel preached in the Chapal of Portiuncula.
Pope Gregory IX offered King St. Louis IX the Imperial Crown for his brother, Robert of Artois, the Holy King declined the offer.
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 Bull of Pope Gregory IX and Pope Leo XIII
More than this, Our Predecessor, Gregory IX., publicly praised their faith and courage; nor did he hesitate to shelter them with his authority, and to call them, as a mark of honor, "Soldiers of Christ, new Maccabees;" and deservedly so.
The associates of the Third Order displayed always as much courage as piety in the defense of the Catholic religion; and if their virtues were objects of hatred to the wicked, they never lacked the approbation of the good and wise, which is the greatest and only desirable honor.
To all the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, and Bishops of the Catholic World in the Grace and Communion of the Apostolic See.
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 Sources: life of St. Clare 3
Frequently when some new difficulties arose, as is natural, both when he was Bishop of Ostia and, later, when he was elevated to the Apostolic See, he would request assistance of that virgin by means of a letter and would experience her help".
The LegCl, 27, states: "Not without reason, Lord Pope Gregory had marvelous faith in the prayers of this holy woman whose efficacious power he had experienced.
Rainaldus dei Conti Segni was from the same noble family as Innocent III and Gregory IX, who was his uncle.
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 Medieval Inquisition
In 1409, the Council of Pisa deposed both of two rival popes as heretics, Gregory XII and Benedict XIII, and elected a third, Alexander V, in their place.
Thus they say that the brothers were not heretics, but rather catholics and glorious martyrs....
He preached in Oxford and London against the pope's secular sovereignty...
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 March 10: HISTORY (mar10his.htm)
Though Pope Gregory IX died on August 22, 1241, it wasn't until October 28th later that year that a Pope was finally selected.
After four decades of strong, action Popes that helped foster the rise of monasticism and missionary activity and nourish saints for Holy Mother Church, the Holy See hit a roadblock with the death of Pope Gregory IX.
Their patronizing of the Emperor was for a two-fold purpose; one, that they could entice the German king to release some of their colleagues in order to form a more cohesive group of voters, and two, to get his assurance he would not retaliate against them or their constituents after a Pope was elected.
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 May 26, 1999 DAILY CATHOLIC TEXT Section Two (may26dc2.htm)
Philip was given the church of St. Mary of Vallicella as headquarters for the Congregation.
Moscow Catholics extended an invitation for the Pope to visit next year, but the official invite must come from both the government and the Orthodox Church.
In another letter, addressed directly to the Pontiff, the Moscow Council of the Laity invited the Pope "on behalf of all the Catholics of Russia" to visit the country.
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 March 19-21, 1999 THIS DAY IN HISTORY: (mar19eve.htm)
1532 A.D. Church property in England is confiscated by King Henry VIII in retaliation for Pope Clement VII's censures on him.
He gave official approval to the Order of the Teutonic Knights whose principal duty was to defend the pilgrims in the Holy Land.
It was Gregory who instituted the "Holy Inquisition."
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 Statutes of Gregory IX for the University of Paris 1231
Gregory, the bishop, servant of the servants of God, to his beloved sons, all the masters and students of Paris - greeting and apostolic benediction.
What does Gregory mean by the word "university"?
Statutes of Gregory IX for the University of Paris 1231
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 Franciscan Sanctuaries - Assisi
This church was to be subject directly to the Pope himself.
The following day he laid the foundation stone of the basilica ("specialis ecclesia") which he wanted to be built in honour of the Poverello, and which he announced by the Bull "Recolentes" of 29 April 1228.
Pope Benedict XIV declared the church a Patriarchal Basilica and Papal Chapel on 25 March 1754 with the Constitution "Fidelis Dominus".
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 Conquest of Sicily by Anjou French
In 1265 Clement declared Charles to be new King of Sicily--but only as a feudal subject of the Pope, of course.
The object was to break the perceived encirclement of the Papal States by the Holy Roman Empire and to install a more pliable ruler who would acknowledge the overriding supremacy in the Kingdom of Sicily of the Pope himself.
Pope Gregory IX's 1228 invasion was repelled by Frederick during his lifetime, but after Frederick's death Pope Clement IV took a more subtle and indirect approach to unseat Frederick's illegimate son Manfred.
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 Under Pope Innocent IV  Lyons-1
Innocent {1}, bishop, servant of the servants of God, in the presence of the holy council, for an everlasting record.
Finally, this holy and general synod imparts the benefit of its prayers and blessings to all who piously set out on this enterprise in order that it may contribute worthily to their salvation.
Likewise, as is said, after he had been elected to that same dignity and had come to Rome, in the presence of Innocent and his brother cardinals and before many others, he renewed that oath, making his pledge of homage in the pope's hands.
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 Patron Saints Index: Pope Saint Gregory VII
At the time of his ascension, simony and a corrupt clergy threatened to destroy faith in the Church.
from a letter by Pope Saint Gregory VII
The Pope retreated to Salerno where he spent the remainder of his papacy.
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 Pope Gregory IX
He had long been on friendly terms with the emperor Frederick II, but now excommunicated him (29th of September 1227) for continued neglect of his vows and refusal to undertake the crusade.
He sent monks to Constantinople to negotiate with the Greeks for church unity, but without result.
Gregory IX, born Ugolino Conti de Segni, Roman Catholic Pope from the 19th of March 1227, to the 22nd of August 1241, was a nobleman of Anagni and probably a nephew of Pope Innocent III.
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 AIM25: Senate House Library, University of London: Decretals of Gregory IX
Scope and content/abstract: Single leaf of vellum, formerly used as a pastedown, containing Book 3, section 38 18 to 39 3, of the Decretales Gregorii IX, on the rights of patrons over churches and the financial liabilities of churches, dating from the mid-13th century.
Title: Decretals of Gregory IX Date(s): Mid 13th century
AIM25: Senate House Library, University of London: Decretals of Gregory IX
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The Life of St. Benedict 480-547 by Pope Gregory the Gt
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 Patron Saints Index: Pope Gregory IX
He strongly opposed heresy, supporting the belief that they not only opposed the Church, but because kings were chosen by God, heretics were traitors to the civil order, as well.
Gregory appointed fourteen cardinals during his papacy including the men who would later be Pope Innocent IV and Pope Alexander IV.
Patron Saints Index: Pope Gregory IX Pope Gregory IX Also known as
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 GENUKI: Popes
He was elected successor to that pontiff in 590; and a few years later sent over some monks under the direction of St. Augustine for the purpose of converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.
Pope Gregory was pious and charitable; had lofty notions of the papal authority, was a reformer of the clerical discipline, and after his death was canonized.
The principal events of his pontificate were the various incidents of his contest with the great Emperor Frederick II., whom he repeatedly excommunicated, absolving his subjects from their allegiance, and proclaiming a crusade against him.
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 Frederick II, Stupor Mundi
In fact, Gregory had previously attempted unsuccessfully to enforce his claims by dispatching an invading army while Frederick was away in the Holy Land on Crusade.
Gregory was already at odds with Frederick II over the Pope's claim to supremacy in Sicily.
Then, after Frederick's son Enzio through marriage became King of Sardinia and added that island territory to the Empire, Pope Gregory IX became alarmed at the encirclement he perceived.
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 Little Flowers (iii.v_1)
And this shall suffice concerning the fifth consideration of the glorious, holy, and sacred stigmata of our father St Francis, whose life may God give us grace to follow in this world, that by virtue of his glorious stigmata we may deserve to be saved with him in Paradise!
How Pope Gregory IX, who had doubted of the stigmata of St Francis, was assured of their truth
Pope Nicholas III and Pope Alexander also confirmed the same, with fuller privileges, decreeing that whosoever should deny the sacred, holy stigmata might be proceeded against as a heretic.
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 Gregory IX
Gregory IX Architect of the Capitol/Capitol Complex/Art/Gregory IX
Medieval pope; author of a compilation of decretals (i.e., authoritative decisions) on canon law; during a critical period he was instrumental in maintaining the remnants of Roman law.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Gregory XI
In 1376 Wycliffe enunciated the doctrine of “dominion as founded in grace”, according to which all authority is conferred directly by the grace of God...
Gregory XI (1329-1378), pope (1370-1378), responsible for the return of the papacy to Rome from Avignon, where it had resided between 1309 and 1377....
In 1376 Catherine journeyed to Avignon to plead with Pope Gregory XI on behalf of Florence, then at war with the papacy.
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 Pope Gregory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pope Gregory I, also called Gregory the Great
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
Pope Gregory has been the name of sixteen Roman Catholic Popes:
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 The Ecole Glossary
Two years after that, Frederick laid seige to Rome, and Gregory died during the seige.
Although Frederick led the Fifth Crusade (1228-1229), the pope was reluctant to reconcile with the emperor and readmit him to communion.
Gregory excommunicated Frederick a second time four years later.
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 The Byzantine Empire during the Crusades
Also in 1241 John Asen died, to be succeeded by his young son Coloman I. Sensing an opportunity, Vatatzes made a truce with the Latins so he could have a free hand against the Bulgars.
Baldwin then mortgaged Namur to King Louis IX and raised 30,000 troops.
Since he also entered into discussions with Vatatzes, it appears that the pope had already written the Latins off and was anticipating Greek rule of Constantinople.
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 Parisian Leaf of Pope Gregory IX printed in Paris c. 1516
A leaf from a book on the decrees of Pope Gregory IX printed in Paris in 1516.
Initial by noted engraver Thielmann Kerver, a copy of his printer's mark is included with this leaf.
Black gothic style typeset, with some text accented in red.
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 Search Results for Pope Gregory IX - Encyclopædia Britannica
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 Pope Gregory IX   14 August 1228   Canonization of St. Francis of Assisi
Pope Gregory IX Given on the occasion of the canonization of St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226 A. D.) in 1228 A. How wondrously considerate of us is God's pity!
How priceless a love of charity which would sacrifice a Son to redeem a slave!
Pope Gregory IX 14 August 1228 Canonization of St. Francis of Assisi
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 I19265: Ugo (Pope Gregory IX) (ABT 1155 - 22 AUG 1241)
Pope Gregory IX : Pope Gregory IX : Elected: 19 MAR 1227 Pope
I19265: Ugo (Pope Gregory IX) (ABT 1155 - 22 AUG 1241)
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