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1 documents · Fonds 131 and 132

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131/1/122131-1-122-001131 — Collection of parchment documents1442-08-09Decree of the Council of Basel concerning the provision of ecclesiastical benefices and the prevention of abuses

The Council of Basel enacts a constitution safeguarding the rights of its members to ecclesiastical dignities and benefices, prohibiting their unlawful acquisition by others. The document counteracts abuses in the appointment of clergy under penalty of ecclesiastical sanctions and loss of rights.

Council of Basel (Sacrosancta generalis synodus Basiliensis in Spiritu Sancto legitime congregata universalem ecclesiam repraesentans)
To: All the faithful / clergy of the Catholic Church (universal)
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