FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNAM SANCTAM 1304 – Philip IV of France tried to…

Question Answered step-by-step FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNAM SANCTAM 1304 – Philip IV of France tried to… FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNAM SANCTAM  1304 – Philip IV of France tried to tax the clergy in France.1. Pope Boniface VIII said that clergy could not pay taxes without the pope’s consent,     which he did not give. 2. Boniface argued that the popes were supreme over both church & state.   (UNAM SANCTAM)3. Popes could anoint kings or depose them  4. Philip said “wanna bet” is tried to arrest Boniface. 5. Boniface was rescued by the townspeople but died soon afterward After Pope Boniface issued the Unam Sanctam requiring that everyone, including the king, be subject to the pope, an agent of Philip IV responded immediately in the king’s name.              Boniface, who now occupies the holy see, will be found a perfect heretic . . . First, he does not believe in the immortality of the soul; second, he does not believed in life everlasting. . . . He has said that to humble his majesty & the French, he would turn the whole world topsy-turvy. He has had silver statues of himself erected in churches. . . .  He had had many clerks killed in his presence. . . .  He has compelled priests to violate the secrets of the confessional.  He observes neither vigils nor fasts.  He inveighs against the college of cardinals, the orders of black & white monks, & of preaching brothers . . .  often repeating that the world was being ruined by them, that they were false hypocrites, & nothing good would happen to whoever confessed to them. Seeking to destroy the faith, he has conceived an old aversion against the king of France, in hatred of the faith, because in France there is & ever was the splendor of faith, the grand support & example of Christendom. . . . QUESTIONSName 4 things of which Philip accused the pope?Why did the French try to show Boniface was a heretic?According to Philip, why has the pope chosen France as the target of his hatred? History World History HIS 111 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)