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Paul IV, 1476–1559, pope (1555–59), a Neapolitan named Gian Pietro Carafa; successor of Marcellus II. First superior of the Theatines (see Cajetan, Saint Cajetan, Saint (kăj`ətăn, kä'yātän`), 1480–1547, Italian churchman and reformer. ..... Click the link for more information. ), he was sternly ascetic. A leading reformer, he organized the Inquisition set up by Paul III. As pope, he labored to purify the clergy and abolish corruption and worldliness from the papal curia, thus promoting reform (see Counter Reformation Counter Reformation, 16th-century reformation that arose largely in answer to the Protestant Reformation; sometimes called the Catholic Reformation. Although the Roman Catholic reformers shared the Protestants' revulsion at the corrupt conditions in the church, there ..... Click the link for more information. ). He repudiated the settlement between Mary I of England and Reginald Cardinal Pole Pole, Reginald, 1500–1558, English churchman, archbishop of Canterbury (1556–58), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a cousin of the Tudors, being the son of Sir Richard Pole and of Margaret, countess of Salisbury, who was the daughter of ..... Click the link for more information. , and he later declared Elizabeth I illegitimate and unfit to be queen. He was succeeded by Pius IV. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Established by Pope Paul IV in 1557, the Index was first published by the Congregation of the Inquisition two years later. Venturelli discusses, briefly, a number of individuals, such as Vittoria Colonna and Pope Paul IV Carafa. When I was 12, I wrote to Pope Paul IV asking why women could not be priests, and the answer he gave me ("Ask your parents") was so nonsensical that I could no longer take him, or his successors, seriously. |
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