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By his orders the Parisian doctors met in solemn assembly
at Vincennes ( December 1333), with a mission to fix the
time of the beatific vision. All pronounced in favour of the
scholastic doctrine. Nevertheless, out of gratitude to the
Pope, who on every occasion had defended the interests of
France against Germany, they declared that John XXII. had
never taken into account the contrary opinion, but that he
had acted only as a reporter. This fiction spared the
pontifical self-respect, and permitted the Pope to submit
without too great humiliation. John XXII. submitted. On
1st January 1334, he drew up a slightly embarrassed pro-
fession of faith against the postponement of the beatific
vision, which he renewed on his deathbed ( December 1334),
giving it a more exact form. 1

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1 The official documents in this affair are collected in Denifle, Chartularium
universitatis parisiensis, ii.414-440, Paris, 1891, where it is reported that John
XXII., in answer to objections made to him by the King of France against the
incarceration of Thomas Waldeis (or Thomas the Englishman), replied: (a) This
monk was arrested by the inquisitors; as for me, I had nothing to do with this
incarceration (p. 417); (b) Thomas was arrested, not on account of what he said
as to the precise time of the beatific vision, but for divers heresies (p. 415).
See also Baluze, Vitæ paparum avenion., i.182, 787 (notes of Baluze), Paris,
1693. Continuation of the Chronique de Guillaume de Nangis, édit. Geraud,
ii.127, 135 (or in the Spicilegium Dacherianum, xi.753, 758).

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Latin Church in the Middle Ages. Contributors: Andre Lagarde - author, Archibald Alexander - transltr, Andrae Lagarde - author. Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1915. Page Number: 444.
    
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