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Saint Gelasius I

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Saint Gelasius I , d. 496, pope (492-96); successor of St. Felix III (also known as Felix II). He was a firm upholder of the papal supremacy in a dispute with Anastasius, the Byzantine emperor. This contest was an opening wedge in the struggle between Constantinople and Rome. In a letter to Anastasius, Gelasius argued that priestly authority ( auctoritas ) was weightier than royal power ( potestas ) because priests will be held accountable even for kings at the Last Judgment. This argument was used frequently by both sides in the church-state controversies of the Middle Ages. Although both... Read more

Saint Gelasius I
...of world governance in which he asserted that both sacred and civil power are of divine origin and independent. In 494 he changed the pagan Lupercalia festival into the feast of the Purification. Saint Gelasius I Saint Gelasius I Saint Gelasius I Read more

Saint Gregory I
Saint Gregory I (Saint Gregory the Great), c.540-604, pope...revision of the Gelasian Sacramentary (see Gelasius I, Saint), and the Gregorian antiphonary are...Author not available, GREGORY I, SAINT. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth... Read more

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