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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 edition. Excerpt:...to explain it by the common opinion of his contemporaries; for nothing but the most evident proofs could justify us in attributing to him, on so important a subject, a singular opinion, hardly known to his contemporaries. Now, we have already proved, that the theological opinion of the 1 See supra, n. 178. divine right of jurisdiction, direct or indirect, over temporals, was hardly known before the pontificate of Gregory VII., and we shall prove immediately, that until long after his time, it did not begin to be maintained by any considerable number of authors. Besides, it is certain that Gregory VII. never intended to depart from the received doctrine of his day, nor to attribute to himself a new right over sovereigns, but simply to exercise the right vested in him by the general opinion of his contemporaries. The authors even who censure his conduct boldly, acknowledge this fact expressly, and admit that the maxims on which he founded his power over sovereigns, were conformable "to the general belief of pious and enlightened men." 1 It is, therefore, not only without proof, but against all probability, that those authors attribute to him the theological theory of the right divine, direct or indirect. 194. Doctrine of ike Blessed Ivo of Chartres. The doctrine of Ivo of Chartres appears to be identical with that of Gregory VII., and may be useful to explain the true sentiments of that pope, to whom he was very much attached.2 We have already seen, that in many of his writings, and especially in his letter to Laurent, a monk of La Charite, the bishop of Chartres clearly supposes the existence of the discipline on the temporal effects of excommunication, even in the case of sovereigns, in the pontificate of Gregory VII.;3 but he...