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2526 |
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Annales (Romualdus II archiepiscopus Salernitanus) (1154 - 1181) Romuald of Salerno |
| Quotation |
Altera vero die cum eis in maiori ecclesia sancti Georgii, congregata populi multitudine magna,
convenit, quos facto silentio tamquam filios taliter est allocutus: Novit vestra discretio, filii
dilectissimi, quod, peccatis nostris exigentibus, navis ecclesie, que in portu placido et tranquillo
deberet consistere, adeo persecutionis valide procellas sustinuit, adeo iniquorum hominum turbines et fluctus incurrit, quod pene est in profundo pelagi cum suo gubernatore demersa. Imperator enim
Romanus, qui ecclesiam tamquam illius advocatus gubernare et defensare debuit, impugnavit, et sue
voluntatis non rationis sequens arbitrium, eam a sua unitate divisit, altare contra altare extulit, et
inconsutilem Dei tunicam, quantum in eo fuit, dividere non expavit.
Unde ecclesiastica virtute divisa, et pacis vinculo dissoluto, Romane ecclesie dignitas pene deperiit, et
que domina gentium et princeps provinciarum fuerat, facta est sub tributo.
Et quia, imminente valide persecutionis articulo, Romane ecclesie quodammodo est debilitata
auctoritas, cum non esset qui delinquentium errores et peccata corrigeret, sanctorum patrum statuta et canones de suo ordine sunt et iure mutata. |
| Translation |
On the second day he [Pope Alexander III] came to them in the larger church of St Gregory [in Ferrara], where a great multitude of people had gathered, and when they had come to silence he spoke to them as sons: 'Your discretion knows, most beloved sons, that, due to our sins, the ship of the church, which should stand in a peaceful and tranquil port, has sustained the strong gales of persecution, has braved the whirlwinds and waves of unjust men to such an extent that it almost sank in the depths of the seek with its steersman. For the Roman Emperor, who should guide and defend the church as its advocate, has instead fought against it, and following not the judgement of reason but of his own will, deprived it of its unity, has pitted altar against altar, and had no fear of slicing open the seamless tunic of God to the extent of his powers.
On account of this, the virtue of the Church has been divided, the bond of peace dissolved, the dignity of the Roman Church has almost perished, and she who had been the mistress of the nations and the lady of the provinces has been made tributary.
And since, just in the moment when the threat of persecution is hanging over us, the authority of the Roman church has been weakened to the extent that it is no longer able to be the one who corrects the errors and sins of those who have gone astray, the statutes of the holy fathers and the canons have been set out of order and changed in law.
(Trans. Laura Gazzoli) |
| Quotation source |
(p. 444, lin. 41) |
| Temporal Coverage |
1177 - 1177 |
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