Innocent III and Papal Hierarchy (2)

Introduction In the last article we left Innocent III, the greatest of all popes before or since, occupying the papal chair in Rome. In this article our attention is going to be concentrated on Innocent's theory of the papacy, his achievements, and his efforts to make the power of the papacy supreme in Europe -- efforts in which he was altogether too successful. It seems to me that any effort to judge Innocent's role in history is going to have to take into account the fact that he came the...