Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
Traces the concept of "libertas ecclesiae" and "libertas ecclesiastica" from the early Church to the 17th century. The focus of the essay is how the Fifth Lateran Council from 1512-1517 used the concept of ecclesiastical liberty to defend and establish the freedom of prelates and clergy from lay power and lay violence.
Recommended Citation
Kenneth Pennington, Ecclesiastical Liberty on the Eve of the Reformation, 33 BULL. MEDIEVAL CANON L. 185 (2016).
