Papal election and ministry in the documents of the council in Florence
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https://doi.org/10.15633/acr.2032Keywords:
council in Florence, conciliarism, election of the pope, duties of the Bishop of Rome, papal primacy, Eugene IVAbstract
This article aims to answer the question how the Florentine council defined the election of the Pope, his competence and importance in the conductivity of the Church and how his function influenced on overcoming conciliarism. The council showed the leading role of the pope over the universal Church and identified specific tasks and priorities of the Bishop of Rome, and the procedures the election of the Pope. In case of vacancy of the Holy See, which arise in the course of the meeting the council, election of a new bishop of Rome is to take place where at that time shall debate fathers. Before entering the conclave electors take the oath to God and the Church. The Pope is the first and the highest shepherd of sheepfold of Christ and therefore he has to be a person caring for the salvation of all souls and the advantage of the whole Christian world. The Bishop of Rome has strongly profess and preserve the Catholic faith, according to the Apostolic Tradition, the councils common and holy fathers. The Pope has to be aware of his function and ready for the greatest sacrifices in the service of God and the faithful, and he has to take care of conducting and directing the path of salvation, the clergy and the Roman people, and he has to repair and remove anything that could be tainted with simony or concubine. He can’t follow the ties of kinship and shall be available for the faithful.References
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