John XXII, Pope, d 1334

Contents Ff. 96r-98v, the final folios of MS 151, contain a constitution published in 1317 by Pope John XXII. This bull, 'Quorundam exigit' was Pope John's attempt to resolve the heated debate between factions of the Franciscans, over the matter of poverty. Specifically, John XXII intended this declaration of 1317 to suppress the 'Spirituals', the faction of Franciscans who were vehement proponents of the idea that Christ and his apostles had owned absolutely nothing, and wished to followed strictly...