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Description:THE LIVES OF THE POPES FROM THE TIME OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRISTTO THE ACCESSION OF GREGORY VII.WRITTEN ORIGINALLY IN LATIN BY BARTOLOMEO PLATINANATIVE OF CREMONAAND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY THE REV. WILLIAM BENHAM THE author of the following work was born in 1421 at a little village between Mantua and Cremona, called Piadena (Latin Platina). His family name was Sacchi, but he changed it to Platina, after his birthplace. There is a difference of opinion with regard to his Christian name; some writers saying that it was Baptista, others that it was Bartholomew. Vossius has dealt with the question at some length in his work De Historicis Latinis; and, on substantial reasons, has decided for Bartholomew. In his early youth he was trained as a soldier, and later studied science for some years. At last he went to Rome, recommended by Cardinal Vessarion to Pope Pius II, and through the influence of his patron he obtained successively several posts; in 1464, the important one of Abbreviator, the duties of which consisted of drawing up Papal bulls or briefs. When he had been installed but a few months, Pius II died, and Paul II, his successor, changed all the officials. He had an idea, probably correct, that the Court of Abbreviators was the promoter of much corruption, so he determined to restrict the powers they possessed, and fixed their number at seventy, all of them being tried men, safe to carry out his commands. The indignation of those that had been deprived of their office was great, and they chose Platina, as being the most distinguished of their number, to plead their cause. He argued that the office was theirs for life, when once appointed, and that it was not in the power of the Pope to dismiss them at will, and he more over threatened that if he would give them no redress, they would submit the question to the decision of the Rota. To which Paul II. answered, “Do you talk of bringing us before judges, as if you did not know that the law is settled in our breast? If you talk in that way, all shall be dismissed. I care not; I am Pope, and can, at my good pleasure, rescind or confirm the acts of others”.After their dissolution the Abbreviators used often to meet at the Roman Academy, for the airing of their grievances, and they thought to take vengeance on the Pope, by holding up the priesthood to ridicule. At first the Pope took no notice, but during the Carnival of 1468, rumours reached him that they were conspiring with the Emperor to create a new schism, and he caused Platina and several others to be seized. Pomponius Laetus, the founder of the Academy, and in reality a simple-minded scholar, was soon released, but Platina was kept in prison for more than a year. This mode of life did not suit one who had been accustomed to comparative ease and luxury, and very soon he was ready to submit unconditionally, so long as the Pope would give him his liberty. In the letters which he wrote at that time, such sentences as this occur, “I undertake, that if I hear anything, even from the birds as they fly past, which is directed against your name and safety, I will at once inform your Holiness, by letter or messenger. I entirely approve your proceedings for restraining and reproving the license of the scholars; it is the duty of the chief shepherd to preserve his flock from all danger and disease”.Platina died of the plague. He is said to have written his own epitaph as follows : “Quisquis es, si pius; Platinam et suos ne vexes ; anguste jacent et soli volunt esse”. Of his writings, by far the most important is his History of the Papacy, which he wrote at the request of Sixtus, and published at Venice in 1479. He drew freely from the writings of his predecessors, and with them makes many statements which cannot be proved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with THE LIVES OF THE POPES FROM THE TIME OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST TO THE ACCESSION OF GREGORY VII: PLATINA'S LIBER PONTIFICALIS. To get started finding THE LIVES OF THE POPES FROM THE TIME OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST TO THE ACCESSION OF GREGORY VII: PLATINA'S LIBER PONTIFICALIS, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: THE LIVES OF THE POPES FROM THE TIME OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRISTTO THE ACCESSION OF GREGORY VII.WRITTEN ORIGINALLY IN LATIN BY BARTOLOMEO PLATINANATIVE OF CREMONAAND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY THE REV. WILLIAM BENHAM THE author of the following work was born in 1421 at a little village between Mantua and Cremona, called Piadena (Latin Platina). His family name was Sacchi, but he changed it to Platina, after his birthplace. There is a difference of opinion with regard to his Christian name; some writers saying that it was Baptista, others that it was Bartholomew. Vossius has dealt with the question at some length in his work De Historicis Latinis; and, on substantial reasons, has decided for Bartholomew. In his early youth he was trained as a soldier, and later studied science for some years. At last he went to Rome, recommended by Cardinal Vessarion to Pope Pius II, and through the influence of his patron he obtained successively several posts; in 1464, the important one of Abbreviator, the duties of which consisted of drawing up Papal bulls or briefs. When he had been installed but a few months, Pius II died, and Paul II, his successor, changed all the officials. He had an idea, probably correct, that the Court of Abbreviators was the promoter of much corruption, so he determined to restrict the powers they possessed, and fixed their number at seventy, all of them being tried men, safe to carry out his commands. The indignation of those that had been deprived of their office was great, and they chose Platina, as being the most distinguished of their number, to plead their cause. He argued that the office was theirs for life, when once appointed, and that it was not in the power of the Pope to dismiss them at will, and he more over threatened that if he would give them no redress, they would submit the question to the decision of the Rota. To which Paul II. answered, “Do you talk of bringing us before judges, as if you did not know that the law is settled in our breast? If you talk in that way, all shall be dismissed. I care not; I am Pope, and can, at my good pleasure, rescind or confirm the acts of others”.After their dissolution the Abbreviators used often to meet at the Roman Academy, for the airing of their grievances, and they thought to take vengeance on the Pope, by holding up the priesthood to ridicule. At first the Pope took no notice, but during the Carnival of 1468, rumours reached him that they were conspiring with the Emperor to create a new schism, and he caused Platina and several others to be seized. Pomponius Laetus, the founder of the Academy, and in reality a simple-minded scholar, was soon released, but Platina was kept in prison for more than a year. This mode of life did not suit one who had been accustomed to comparative ease and luxury, and very soon he was ready to submit unconditionally, so long as the Pope would give him his liberty. In the letters which he wrote at that time, such sentences as this occur, “I undertake, that if I hear anything, even from the birds as they fly past, which is directed against your name and safety, I will at once inform your Holiness, by letter or messenger. I entirely approve your proceedings for restraining and reproving the license of the scholars; it is the duty of the chief shepherd to preserve his flock from all danger and disease”.Platina died of the plague. He is said to have written his own epitaph as follows : “Quisquis es, si pius; Platinam et suos ne vexes ; anguste jacent et soli volunt esse”. Of his writings, by far the most important is his History of the Papacy, which he wrote at the request of Sixtus, and published at Venice in 1479. He drew freely from the writings of his predecessors, and with them makes many statements which cannot be proved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with THE LIVES OF THE POPES FROM THE TIME OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST TO THE ACCESSION OF GREGORY VII: PLATINA'S LIBER PONTIFICALIS. To get started finding THE LIVES OF THE POPES FROM THE TIME OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST TO THE ACCESSION OF GREGORY VII: PLATINA'S LIBER PONTIFICALIS, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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