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Paris Faculty Petition on Papal Authority in Defence of Thesis
A translated petition from the Paris Faculty of Divinity appeals to the king defending a theological thesis on papal authority. It cites past parliamentary cautions and asserts the issue is purely spiritual, warning against encroaching on church rights and Gallican liberties while noting letters and summaries from Paris and Rome. Reports from Venice and Milan discuss conclave tensions and potential papal choices, with geographic updates from Vienna, Leghorn, Barcelona, and Paris on military and diplomatic maneuvers amid ongoing European maneuvering.
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Waris
Faculty of Divinity
Paris
Count de Maurepas
M. Haffet
Sach
General Council
Syndick
Milan
Cufani
Cienfuegos
Portugal
Holy See
Duke de Verell
Vienna
Corcia
Signor Santa Maria
Pope
the Sacred College
Duke de Gravina
Benevento
Signor Bandelmonte
Leghorn
Funero
N.S
Darchy
Maffa
Barcelona
Fune
N-S
Seville
France
Count Mercifer
Italy
Ottocar de Staremburg
Lombardy
Naples
Sicily
Count Merci
Staremburg
Tuscany
Council of War
N. S