The Reformes of Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085): Some Canonical Considerations
The Reformes of Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085): Some Canonical Considerations

Summary/Abstract: Pope Gregory VII marked deeply the history of popes, having among other obviousqualities, that of the canonical organization of the church administration. The mainWestern canonical collections originate from the Gregorian law, which, although notentirely his own work, bears the mark of his ideas and orders. Although for centuriesthe famous Dictatus papae was said to be a creation of pope Gregory, it proved to bea later work of his followers, who wanted to offer him a monumentum aere perennius. What is for sure is that the Gregorian reform carried up as a landmark in thepopes` history and the western canon law, as most of the canonists and decretistsof the XII-XVth centuries, beginning with Gratian of Bologna found it as a startingpoint in their works.

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