' is an
apostolic constitution in the form of a
papal bull promulgated by
Pope Alexander VII
Pope Alexander VII ( it, Alessandro VII; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death in May 1667.
He began his career as a vice- papal legate, an ...
in 1665 which required, according to the ''
Enchiridion symbolorum
The ''Enchiridion'' (full title: ''Enchiridion symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum'') is a compendium of all the basic texts on Catholic dogma and morality since the Apostolic Age. It has been in use since 1854, and ...
'', "all ecclesiastical personnel and teachers" to subscribe to an included ''
formulary'', the ':
The constitution was requested by
King Louis XIV of France
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Versa ...
.
In ', Alexander VII required all clergy to reject and condemn the five propositions and the teachings of Jansen.
It cited Innocent X's 1653 constitution ' which condemned five propositions found in Cornelius Jansen's Augustinus as heretical.
It also cited Alexander VII's 1656 constitution ' which judged the meaning and intention of Jansen's words in ''Augustinus'', and confirmed and renewed ' promulgated by Innocent X in 1653.
See also
*
Formulary controversy
The formulary controversy was a 17th- and 18th-century Jansenist refusal to confirm the ''Formula of Submission for the Jansenists'' on the part of a group of Catholic ecclesiastical personnel and teachers who did not accept the charge that their ...
References
Apostolic constitutions
Documents of Pope Alexander VII
Jansenism
1665 works
17th-century papal bulls
Religion in the Ancien Régime
1665 in Christianity
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