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Unam Sanctam, Pope Boniface VIII's 1302 bull asserting papal supremacy, is a primary text, the papal instrument itself. Its strength is that it is the actual document, not a secondary paraphrase of its claims. Its limit is the ordinary one for any single papal instrument: it states one pope's own assertion of authority at a moment of conflict with the French crown, not an independent historical or theological account of the doctrine's development or reception.
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Unam Sanctam, Pope Boniface VIII's 1302 bull asserting papal supremacy, the top tier reflecting that it is the primary papal instrument itself, not a secondary paraphrase. Its limit is the ordinary one for a single papal document: it states one pope's own assertion at a moment of conflict with the French crown, not an independent historical or theological account of the doctrine's development. NotesPope Boniface VIII's own bull Unam Sanctam asserting papal supremacy (1302); the papal instrument itself, not independent theological or historical analysis.
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AuthorPope Boniface VIII
Publication Year1302
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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