Liber Singularis De Statu Ecclesiae Et Summi Pontificis Potestate

This polemical work by the Jesuit theologian Ladislaus Sappel takes aim at the doctrine of Febronianism, which sought to curtail the power of the papacy and centralize authority in local bishops. Sappel defends the traditional doctrine of papal primacy and argues that any attempt to limit the power of the pope is contrary to the will of God. A fascinating window into 18th-century debates about the nature of church authority.

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