Some believe that this is the only dogmatic definition in the bull because the rest is based on differing "papal claims of the thirteenth century".
Innocent, however, protested, claiming that Apulia fell under papal claims.
For some, to use the word "catholic" at all is to appear to give credence to papal claims.
He denied the papal claim to primacy and the accusation that the reformers were schismatic.
'Big' government and papal claims went hand in hand: the demand for power expanded pan passu with the administrative capacity to exercise it.
Before him, there was still a certain mysterious potency to the papal claims, a lingering possibility that they might be established.
The papal claim of primacy did not contribute positively to the efforts for unity between the Churches.
At issue was the papal claim to jurisdiction in the East, not accusations of heresy.
This may come as a surprise to Catholics and non-Catholics alike who assume that papal claims to govern the church were centuries old.
These papal claims were made imperial law, and violation of them were subject to legal penalties.