1680 newspaper The Vatican & Election of POPE described

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE ORIGINAL 8 page newspaper, 8" x 5" page size, titled the Anti-Roma Pacquet , or MEMOIRS of Popes and Popery (London, ENGLAND) dated Aug 27, 1680. Inside, 2+ pages with a description of the VATICAN ( see below ) as well as the procedure for choosing a new Pope by the College of Cardinals ( see below below ). This is a 328 year old newspaper, one of the earliest newspaper available !! Background information: Vatican City , officially State of the Vatican City ( Italian : Stato della CittÃ del Vaticano ), is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome . At approximately 44 hectares (110 acres ), and with a population of around 800, it is the smallest independent state in the world by both population and area. The city-state came into existence by virtue of the Lateran Treaty in 1929, which spoke of it as a new creation (Preamble and Article III), not as a vestige of the much larger Papal States (756 to 1870) that had previously encompassed central Italy. Most of this territory was absorbed into the Kingdom of Italy in 1860, and the final portion, namely the city of Rome with a small area close to it, ten years later, in 1870. Vatican City is a non-ditary, elected monarchy that is ruled by the Bishop of Rome âe" the Pope . The highest state functionaries are all clergymen of the Catholic Church . It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See ( Sancta Sedes ) and the location of the Pope's residence, referred to as the Apostolic Palace . The Popes have resided in the area that in 1929 became the Vatican City only since the return from Avignon in 1377. Previously, they resided in the Lateran Palace on the Caelian Hill on the opposite side of Rome, which was out of repair in 1377. The signing of the agreements that established the new state took place in the latter building, giving rise to the name of Lateran Pacts , by which they are known. A papal conclave is a meeting of the College of Cardinals to elect the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (or Bishop of Rome ) who is considered by Catholics to be the Successor of Saint Peter and head of the Church. The conclave is the oldest ongoing method for choosing the leader of an institution. A history of political interference in these elections and consequently long vacancies between popes, and most immediately the interregnum of 1268-1271 , prompted the Second Council of Lyons which decreed in 1274 that the electors should be locked in seclusion cum clave ( Latin for "with a key"), and not permitted to leave until a new Bishop of Rome is elected. Conclaves are now held in the Sistine Chapel in the Palace of the Vatican . In the early centuries of Christianity the bishop of Rome (like other bishops) was chosen by the consensus of the clergy and people of Rome . The body of electors was more precisely defined when, in 1059, the College of Cardinals was designated the sole body of electors. Since then other details of the process have developed. In 1970 Pope Paul VI limited the electors to cardinals under 80 years of age. The Pope may change the procedures for electing his successor by issuing an apostolic constitution ; the current procedures were established by Pope John Paul II in his constitution Universi Dominici Gregis and amended by a motu proprio of Pope Benedict XVI dated 11 June 2007. Good-Very Good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original small format newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay $8... read more

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