tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post2476790437273579084..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: The "First" and "Only" Pope - Benedict IXA Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-15510294275110416692015-07-20T09:13:12.530-03:002015-07-20T09:13:12.530-03:00I have done a lot of research on the Tusculan pope...I have done a lot of research on the Tusculan popes. I have concluded that Benedict IX probably was not nearly as bad as most people think. He was pope for fourteen years, the longest pontificate in the eleventh century, and no one (!) criticizes any of his policies, which coincided with an unusual period of peace and (relative) prosperity. The criticisms of his morality come from monks who were members of the "reform" party, which took control of the papacy after Benedict's ouster. Their aggressive policies led to decades of war in Italy, , the sacking of Rome by the Normans, the Great Schism, and the disastrous crusades. <br /><br />There probably was some hanky panky going on in the Lateran Palace during Beneidict IX's pontificate. The guy was, after all, in his twenties. On the other hand, the sources for these accusations are very limited, they are biased, and they have often been wrong. One must remember that in the eleventh century most people could not read or write. The major exceptions were monks, who, in this case, were mostly members of the party that was trying to wrest control of the papacy. They succeeded, and now the only remaining records of this period were written by them. <br /><br />GuastafesteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-7116059814577429562013-04-02T10:28:55.580-03:002013-04-02T10:28:55.580-03:00Amazing pontifical history--- not well known!
Sinc...Amazing pontifical history--- not well known!<br />Since these outrageous scandals were happening right before the Great Schism of 1054, perhaps they contributed to the split between Eastern (Byzantine)and Western (Roman) Catholicism. Today, the Roman Catholic pontiff maximus has no authority over Eastern Orthodox churches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-78847934158364236642013-03-13T01:46:53.465-03:002013-03-13T01:46:53.465-03:00I don't understand your point about papal infa...I don't understand your point about papal infallibility. This pope reigned from 1032-1048. Papal infallibility was defined dogmatically by the 1st Vatican Council in 1869. Only two declarations by the papacy have been confirmed by the magisterium: the assumption of Mary and the immaculate conception of Mary. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-46707569847892190362013-03-12T11:34:56.766-03:002013-03-12T11:34:56.766-03:00Sorry - fixed. Thanks!Sorry - fixed. Thanks!A Political Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-37249635801709149852013-03-12T11:03:00.614-03:002013-03-12T11:03:00.614-03:00I think you should change all the 1900s dates to 1...I think you should change all the 1900s dates to 1000s dates its a confusing read.<br />Archpriest John Gratian (Pope Gregory VI) in May 1945, Benedict's godfather. & In November 1047, Benedict IX again seized the papal office but was driven out in July 1048 to make way for another German pope, Damascus II, in November 1948.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com