Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges

The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges in Bourges is a published on July 7, 1438 decision of the French king Charles VII, which took place with the consent of the clergy gathered there. The king was pounding as guardians of the rights of the Church of France. The decision limited the pontifical power in several ways:

  • The French Church recognized the primacy of general councils before the Pope at ( conciliarism ).
  • She supported the decisions of the Council of Basle.
  • The king was given a voice in episcopal elections and the occupation of chapters in abbey churches. He should be able to recommend candidates.
  • The church acquired rights with respect to the ecclesiastical income ( abolishment of annates ).
  • The power of Rome in excommunications and interdicts was limited. Papal decrees requiring the royal confirmation.

The Pragmatic Sanction should stick to the Concordat of Bologna ( 1516), ended the French side with the Pope at the fifth Lateran Council.

They laid the foundations for the French national church. Pope Eugene IV was all of her less than enthusiastic, but his protests bounced off in France. In the years after the royal decision was the subject of political dispute with several church leaders.

King Louis XI. continued because of his Italian policy, which was adopted by his father Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges in 1451 repealed, but Parliament refused to give his consent. In particular, the abolition of Jean de La Balue was involved, who was appointed by the Pope for the Cardinal.

Louis XII. of France again renewed the validity of the derived from the 1438 legal basis. But he showed up in 1513 for a reconciliation on this issue with the Holy See ready. The Concordat of Bologna, on the basis of an agreement between Pope Leo X and King Francis I of France then granted the respective French ruler a certain privileges with papal approval. The papal bull Pastor Aeternus gregem of 19 December 1516 published in parallel with the Concordat, the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges picked up explicitly underlined the Erstrangigkeit papal decisions in church affairs.

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