Canons from the Corpus Juris Canonici, Gratian's Decretals, which appear to give the Pope direct authority over secular justice and the affairs of state:-
Decreti, pars i. distinct. x.
The constitutions of princes are not superior to ecclesiastical constitutions, but subordinate to them.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. x. can. i.
The law of the emperors cannot dissolve the ecclesiastical law.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. x. can iv.
Constitutions (civil, we presume) cannot contravene good manners and the decrees of the Roman prelates.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. x. can, v.
Whatever belongs to priests cannot be usurped by kings.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. x. can. vi.
The tribunals of kings are subjected to the power of priests.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. xix. can. ii.
All the ordinances of the apostolic seat are to be inviolably observed.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. xix. can. iii.
The yoke which the holy chair imposes must be borne, although it may seem unbearable.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. xix. can. vi.
The decretal epistles are to be ranked along with canonical scripture.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. xcvi. can. vii.
The temporal power can neither loose nor bind the Pope.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. xcvi. can. viii.
It does not belong to the Emperor to judge the actions of the Pope.
Decreti, pars i. distinct. xcvi. can. xi.
The Emperor ought to obey, not command, the Pope.
References
Gratian (1993). (trans Augustine Thomson) The Treatise on Laws (Decretum DD. 1-20) with the Ordinary Gloss (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law, Volume 2). CUA Press. pp. 32–5. ISBN 978-0-8132-0786-5.
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Gratian (1993). (trans Augustine Thomson) The Treatise on Laws (Decretum DD. 1-20) with the Ordinary Gloss (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law, Volume 2). CUA Press. pp. 32–5. ISBN 978-0-8132-0786-5.
Corpus juris canonici notis illustratum, Gregorij XIII. iussu editum : complectens Decretum Gratiani, Decretales Gregorij Papae IX., Sextum Decretalium Bonifacij Papae VIII., Clementinas, Extrauagantes Ioannis Papae XXII., Extravagantes communes (1661, Lugdunum)
By Robert S. Mylne
Chapter 2: Decretum Gratiani
http://archive.org/stream/canonlaw00myln#page/22/mode/2up
The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects
by the Rev. J. A. Wylie, LL.D. (1852, London)
http://kv5r.com/books/Wylie/Papacy.php
James Aitken Wylie The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects : Being the Evangelical Alliance First Prize Essay on Popery (1852). Cornell University Library. ISBN 978-1-112-17466-7.
James Aitken Wylie The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects : Being the Evangelical Alliance First Prize Essay on Popery (1852). Cornell University Library. ISBN 978-1-112-17466-7.
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