Jus exclusivae
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Jus exclusivae (
papacy. Although never formally recognized by the Catholic Church, the monarchs of France, Spain and Austria claimed this right at various times, making known to a papal conclave, through a crown-cardinal
, that the monarch deemed a particular candidate for the papacy objectionable.
Early history
The right exercised by
Holy Roman emperors to confirm the election of a pope, which was last exercised in the Early Middle Ages, appears unrelated to the early modern legal claim of jus exclusivae by the Holy Roman Empire, France, and Spain. Pope Pius IV, in his bull In Elgidendis (1562), excluded formal support of the Church to such rights and external interventions in the conclave. It was explicitly forbidden in 1904 with the bull Commissum Nobis of Pope Pius X
.
In the 17th century,
Giovanni Battista Pamphili
(who became Pope Innocent X).
Right asserted since 1644
- 1655 Papal conclave – Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, by King Philip IV of Spain[1]
- 1700 Papal conclave – Galeazzo Marescotti, by King Louis XIV of France[1]
- Emperor Charles VI; and Francesco Pignatelli by King Philip V of Spain
- 1730 Papal conclave – Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, by King Philip V of Spain[2]
- Louis XV of France[3]
At the
Mastai-Ferretti would reign as Pius IX for over thirty-one years.Papal attitude toward the jus exclusivae
The right has never been formally recognized by the papacy, though conclaves have considered it expedient to recognize secular objections to certain papabili, that is, candidates for the papacy, and to accept secular interference as an unavoidable abuse. By the papal bull In eligendis of 9 October 1562 Pope Pius IV ordered the cardinals to elect a pope without deference to any secular power. The bull Aeterni Patris Filius by Pope Gregory XV (15 November 1621) forbids cardinals to conspire to exclude any candidate. These pronouncements however, did not specifically condemn the jus exclusivae. In the apostolic constitution In hac sublimi of 23 August 1871 Pope Pius IX forbade any kind of secular interference in papal elections.
The most recent attempt to exercise the right to exclude
Pius X
. The following year, Pius X forbade the jus exclusivae in the apostolic constitution Commissum Nobis of 20 January 1904:
Wherefore in virtue of holy obedience, under threat of the Divine judgment, and pain of excommunication
latae sententiae… we prohibit the cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, all and single, and likewise the Secretary of the Sacred College of Cardinals, and all others who take part in the conclave, to receive even under the form of a simple desire the office of proposing the veto in whatever manner, either by writing or by word of mouth… And it is our will that this prohibition be extended… to all intercessions, etc… by which the lay powers endeavour to intrude themselves in the election of a pontiff… Let no man infringe this our inhibition… under pain of incurring the indignation of God Almighty and of his Apostles, Sts. Peter and Paul.
Since then the cardinals in conclave have been enjoined to take this oath: "We shall never in any way accept, under any pretext, from any civil power whatever, the office of proposing a veto of exclusion even under the form of a mere desire… and we shall never lend favour to any intervention, or intercession, or any other method whatever, by which the lay powers of any grade or order may wish to interfere in the election of a pontiff."
No power has openly attempted to exercise the right since 1903.
1963 conclave, Generalissimo Francisco Franco made an unsuccessful attempt to block the election of Cardinal Giovanni Montini. He sent the College of Cardinals some "advice" through Cardinal Arcadio Larraona, a native of Spain who was then the Prefect of the Congregation of Rites. It was carefully drafted to fall outside the forms of influence that Pius X had prohibited, but the cardinals nevertheless thought it outrageous.[13][c]
See also
Notes
- ^ Cardinal Odeschalchi was elected pope in 1676, taking the name Innocent XI.
- ^ Salvador Miranda writes that Eugenio Cazzani calls the report that Gaisruck was bringing the Austrian Emperor's veto of Mastai-Ferretti an unverified rumor.[11][12]
- New York Times reported: "A report before the beginning of the conclave that Generalissimo Francisco Franco had asked the six Spanish cardinals to prevent Cardinal Montini's elevation was emphatically denied. The Spanish press had criticized [Montini] last October after he had publicly interceded with [Franco] for political prisoners."[14]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-879744-9.
- ^ Petruccelli della Gattina, Ferdinando (1866). Histoire diplomatique des conclaves (in French). Brussels: A. Lacrois, Verboeckhoven & Co. p. 68. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ Collins, Roger (2009). Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy. Basic Books. p. 403.
- ISBN 9780739101148. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ a b Pennington, Arthur Robert (1897). The Papal Conclaves. New York: E. & J.B. Young & Co. p. 37. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ Murphy, John Nicholas (1886). The Chair of Peter: Or the Papacy Considered in its Institution, Development and Organization. London: Burns & Oates. p. 617. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Schmidlin, Josef; de Waal, Anton (1904). Life of His Holiness Pope Pius X. Benziger Brothers. pp. 186ff. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Career of Pius and his Policy" (PDF). The New York Times. 20 August 1914. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Ott, M. (1911). "Pope Pius IX". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ Pirie, Valérie (1935). "Pius IX (Mastai-Ferretti)". The Triple Crown: An Account of the Papal Conclaves. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 328. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ Salvador Miranda. "Gaisruck, Karl Kajetan von". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ISBN 88-7030-891-X.
- ISBN 9780739101148. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ Hofmann, Paul (22 June 1963). "Rome Believes New Pope Will Press for Reforms" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia, Right of Exclusion. (article by Johannes Baptist Sägmüller, 1909).
- Burkle-Young, Francis A. (2000), Papal Elections in the Age of Transition, 1878-1922, Lexington Books, ISBN 9780739101148, retrieved 2012-07-15.
- Ludwig Wahrmund, Das Ausschliessungs-recht (jus exclusivae) der katholischen Staaten Österreich, Frankreich und Spanien bei den Papstwahlen (Wien: Holder 1888).
- Ludwig Wahrmund, "Beiträge zur Geschichte des Exclusionsrechtes bei den Papstwahlen aus römischen Archiven," Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, philosophisch-historische Klasse, Band CCXXII, xiii (Wien 1890).
- J. B. Sägmüller, Die Papstwahlbullen und das staatliche Recht der Exklusive (Tuebingen: H. Laupp 1892).
- Ludwig Wahrmund, "Die Bulle "Aeterni Patris Filius" und der staatliche Einfluss auf die Papstwahlen," Archiv für katholisches Kirchenrecht 72 (Mainz 1894) 201-334.
- Ludwig Wahrmund, Zur Geschiste des exclusionrechtes bei den Papstwahlen im 18 Jahrhundert. Neue Beitrage aus römischen Archiven (Mainz 1892).
- William J. Hegarty, "The Lay Veto," American Catholic Quarterly Review 37 (1912), pp. 419–439.
- Herbert Plock, Das "Jus exclusivae" der Staaten bei der Papstwahl und sein Verbotdurch die päpstliche Bulle "Commissum nobis" (Göttingen: Druck von L. Hofer, 1910).
- Peter Frei, Die Papstwahl des Jahres 1903: unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des österreichisch-ungarischen Vetos (Bern and Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang, 1977).