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138 III. THE ROMANIZED CHURCH (A.D. 11301389).
ist May, 1413, in favour of the order, and this act was con
firmed by the council in I4I5-
18
This, however, was not considered sufficient, and a fresh
confirmation, both of the canonization and the privileges of
the order was demanded and supplied by Pope Martin V.
at Florence in I4IQ.
19
All opposition was not, however, even then overcome,
and the defenders of the order had to meet even more
strenuous criticism at the Council of Basel in 1433, when
123 passages from the revelations were attacked. The
Roman Church then and later prudently refused to commit
itself to the defence and sanction of all the revelations,
though expressions were used asserting that Birgitta
possessed a prophetic spirit, and was moved by divine
grace. Pope Benedict XIV., in his book On the Canoni
sation of Saints (ii. 32), sums up the judgment of the
Latin Church that they may be read for edification, but are
in no sense matters of faith.
20
The "
ad instar
"
indul
gences which it was hoped would make a pilgrimage to
Vadstena equal to one to
"
St. Peter ad vincula
"
in Rome,
or to the Portiuncula at Assisi were also withdrawn and
not restored.
16. VALUE OF VADSTENA TO SWEDEN. UNHAPPY
CAREER OF MAGNUS ERICSSON. HlS UNPOPU
LARITY. REIGN OF ALBREKT OF MECKLENBURG.
Bo JONSSON GRIP, DROTSET OR STEWARD.
Although the Order of the Holy Saviour did not re
generate the world, and did not even acquire the same privi-
18
Celsii Bullarium, p. 165, cp. L Enfant Concile de Con
stance, I., p. 103. The bull may be found in Svenskt diploma-
tarium (1401 onwards), II., 1714. Cp. T. Hojer: Vadstena
Klosters .... Historia, pp. 165-6, Upsala, 1905.
19
See fuller details on most of these points in T. Hojer :
I.e., p. 180 foil. He speaks of the house given by Francisca de
Papazuris and afterwards used as a hospitium for Swedish
pilgrims (pp. 120-2).
20
See Hefele :
Councils, 794.
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