The Concordat of Worms, sometimes called the Pactum Calixtinum by papal historians, was an agreement between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V on September 23, 1122 near Worms.
It brought to an end the first phase of the power struggle between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Emperors.
The Concordat was confirmed by the First Council of the Lateran in 1123.
Hence it cannot be supposed that a concordat with the Tsar of Russia or the King of Prussia is made with either of these potentates as with the supreme spiritual head of a schismatic or Protestant sect.
In concordats the Roman pontiff often grants secular rulers real privileges and indults; for the pontiff expressly declares that he is granting an indult, a privilege—that he is conceding this or that particular point, that he is making such or such a concession, or granting a favour.
(3) The Concordat of Bavaria in 1817, concluded for Pius VII and Maximilian Joseph by Cardinal Consalvi and Baron von Höffelin.
WORMS, CONCORDAT OF 1122, agreement reached by Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to put an end to the struggle over investiture.
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concordatCONCORDAT[concordat], formal agreement, specifically between the pope, in his spiritual capacity, and the temporal authority of a state.
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Worms, Concordat of WORMS, CONCORDAT OF [Worms, Concordat of] 1122, agreement reached by Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to put an end to the struggle over investiture.
The best known of these meetings were the episcopal synod of 1076, which declared Pope Gregory VII deposed; the conference that led in 1122 to the Concordat of Worms; the diet of 1495 (see Maximilian I, emperor); and the diet of 1521 (see Worms, Diet of).
Worms was occupied (1918–30) by French troops after World War I. The city was more than half destroyed in World War II, but was reconstructed after 1945.
Near Worms is the Liebfrauenkirche (13th–15th cent.), a church surrounded by vineyards, which gave its name to the area's noted white wine, Liebfraumilch.
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It was the political center of the area (first Burgundian kingdom) from which the Burgundians invaded Gaul in the early 5th century (Burgundy, Duchy of).
In 1122, the Concordat of Worms was agreed between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire whereby the emperors would no longer name bishops, although they retained the benefices from some bishoprics.
Worms was in the thick of the carnage and destruction during the Thirty Years War.
The earliest agreement to be called a concordat (see Worms, Concordat of, 1122) was a dual proclamation rather than a bilateral act.
The Concordat of 1516 between Pope Leo X and King Francis I of France, which abolished the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges (see pragmatic sanction), gave the king the right to nominate bishops, abbots, and priors but reserved to the pope the right of confirmation and special rights of appointment.
The Concordat of 1801, most famous of all concordats, regulated the status of the church in France for a century.
Also called the Pactum Calixtinum, the Concordat of Worms was an agreement between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V on September 23, 1122 near Worms.
Following efforts by Lamberto Scannabecchi (later Pope Honorius II) and the Diet of Würzburg[?] (1121) in 1122, Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agreed to end the Investiture Controversy.
The pope granted Henry the right, in Germany, to be present at elections and to invest those elected with their lay rights.
Hence the concordat might be understood simply as a treaty between Calixtus and Henry, a temporary expedient, an armistice after half a century of discord between Church and State.
The Concordat of Worms was confirmed by the Ninth Oecumenical Synod (according to the Roman counting), or First Oecumenical Council of the West, held in the Lateran from March 18 to April 6, 1123.
The text of the Concordatum Wormatiense or Pactum Calixtinum is preserved in the Vatican, and in the Chronicle of Ekkehard (abbot of Aura, near Kissingen, from 1108 to 1125).
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Concordat of 1801, agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reestablished the Roman Catholic Church in France.
The Concordat, signed with Pope Pius VII, represents a reconciliation between France and the The Concordat is imposed on a hostile Church by Pius.
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By this concordat the Emperor renounced the right of investiture by ring and crozier, thus conceding the independence of the spiritual power.
The Concordat of Worms was hailed as a victory for the Church and sent papal prestige skyrocketing.
This, attended by over 300 bishops and 600 abbots, confirmed the Concordat of Worms.
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Following efforts by Lamberto Scannabecchi (later Pope Honorius II (Pope Honorius II: more facts about this subject)) and the Diet of Würzburg (1121) in 1122, Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agreed to end the Investiture Controversy (InvestitureControversy: the investiture controversy was the most significant conflict between secular and religious...
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WORMS, CONCORDAT OF [Worms, Concordat of] 1122, agreement reached by Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to put an end to the struggle over investiture.
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The Concordat of Worms, which settled the Investiture controversy and had been reached in the previous year, was ratified.
It restored peace among warring Christian rulers and sanctioned a new concordat with France to supersede the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges of 1438.
In dogmatic decrees, the Council declared the immortality of the soul and repudiated declarations of the Councils of Constance and Basle that made Church councils superior to the Pope.
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