PAGE. Decrees of Councils, &c.-continued. The Constitutions of the bishop of Ostia, an. 1273 The Council of Melfi, an. 1284 The Synod of Exeter, an. 1287 THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. Destruction of the order of the Templars and Pope Clement's charges against them Fifty-seven Templars burnt by a slow fire 280 Mezerai 280 Sismondi 282 Election of Clement V. and commencement of the Papal residence at Avignon. Mezerai's account of the above election 290 291 223 evils arising from the Papal residence at Avignon 291-2 Similar accounts given by Dupin and Mezerai Dissensions among the Cardinals after the death of Clement Du Chesne 293 295 The disturbed state of Rome in the fourteenth century Dupin's account of the origin of the great schism Synodus Baiocensis, an. 1300 302, 3 305-12 313 Deposition of Benedict XIII. and Gregory XIII., by the Council of Pisa, as heretics, &c. The Council of Pisa elect Alexander V. 335 338 Labbæus Fleury 339 Bzovius 340 Fleury 340 Deposition of John XXIII. by the Council of Constance as guilty of simony, perjury, &c. Labbæus 341 Deposition by the Council of Constance of Benedict XIII. as a schismatic, heretic, &c. Extinction of the great Western schism 342 343 Mansi 243 The Council of Basil denounced by Eugenius IV. as a den of robbers 344 This schism extinguished at the end of ten years Muratori 345 Dupin's account of the Popes till the end of the fifteenth century Gerson's sermon in Conc. Remersi, in which he describes the neglect of preaching, the oppression of the poor, the extravagance of the prelates His account of the general depravity, and of clerical immorality and ignorance 345 347-8 349 Account given by the bishops and deacons of Rome of the evils of the great schism, an. 1409 350 Lamentable account of the evils of the schism by the Car dinals of Gregory XII. 351 Gerson's sermon to the Council of Pisa in which he describes the dreadful corruption among all orders in the Church 352-6 The letter of the University of Cracow descriptive of the avarice and pride of the clergy Account given by the Council of Constance of the evils Account given of the pride, avarice, and demoralization of Sermons addressed to the Council of Constance descriptive Archbishop of Janua Jacobi Episcopi Laudensis oratio Avarice and immorality of the clergy, another oration of Great simony in the Church of Rome, oration of Stephen of Prague Great confusion and chaos in the Church, Alberti de Bon's solemnis oratio Pomp and depravity of Romish prelates and clergy, sermon by Matthæus de Aulâ Regiâ PAGE. 356 357 357 360 360 361 361 363 365 366 367 371 Priestly levity and general depravity, bishop of Salisbury at the Council of Constance Clerical immorality-decrees of particular Councils, Saltzburgense, an. 1420 Capitulum nigrorum Monachorum apud Westmonasterium, an. 1422 Concilium Parisiense, an. 1429 Concilium Dertusanum, an. 1429 Concilium Basilieense, an. 1435 Discord in Western Christendom, oratio Episcopi Laudensis 372 Degeneracy of the Prelates, oratio Archi. Colossensis Evils of the Schism between the Council of Basil and Eugenius IV. oratio Episcopi Palentini Ignorance of the English Clergy, Letter from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge to the Council of Basil, Clerical immorality-Syn. Venetum, an. 1438 The perjury of Paul II. Pope Sixtus IV. implicated in the assassination of Julian de Medici Murderous plot of Alexander VI. 378 .378-9 380 PAGE. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Excesses at the Jubilee at Rome, an. 1500 Pope Julius II. commands his army in person Orations and Sermons descriptive of the corruption of the Church, delivered at fifth Lateran Council : Oratio per Ægid. Viterbum Oratio Episcopi Melfitani Oratio Christophori Marcelli Sermo domini Joan. Mar. de Monte Sermo Sim. Begnii, Ep. Modruss. Oratio Joannis Baptiste Garghæ, Senensis Blasphemy among clergy and laity, Bulla reformationis. curiæ, Lat. V. Oratio habita per dom. A. Puccium Conc. Lat. V.-Canon against clerical immorality Great Degeneracy of the Roman Ciergy 381 381 382 383 383 384 384 385 385 386-7 388 389 390 393 394 398 Clerical indolence and depravity, oratio M. de Olave in Synodo Augustana Dupin's account of the abuses of the Roman Court The legates of the Council of Trent admit that the chief Dreadful corruption of clergy and laity, Cornelii Episcopi Conc. Trid. denunciation of infidel prelates, oratio per frat. Clergy forbidden to act as cooks, &c. Concilium Narbo Muratori's character of Paul IV. 415 416 Concilium Cameracense Con. Mediolanense. Card. C. Borromæus Paul IVth's statues destroyed century Cardinal Wolsey's bishopricks PAGE. 416 417 .418-9 420 420-1 |