Council of Aachen

A number of significant councils of the Roman Catholic Church were held at Aachen in the early Middle Ages.

In the mixed council of 798, Charlemagne proclaimed a capitulary of eighty-one chapters, largely a repetition of earlier ecclesiastical legislation, that was accepted by the clergy and acquired canonical authority. At the council of 799, after a discussion of six days Felix, Bishop of Urgel in Spain, avowed himself overcome by Alcuin and withdrew his theory of Adoptianism.

At the council held in 809, the Frankish Church adopted the filioque addition in the Creed (which contributed to the East-West Schism), although Pope Leo III refused to recognize it as valid (and the Church of Rome did not accepted this addition until 1014).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

In the synods of 816, 817, 818, and 819, clerical and monastic discipline was the chief issue, and the Regula Aquensis was made obligatory on all establishments of canons and canonesses, while a new revision of the Rule of St. Benedict was imposed on the monks of the Benedictine Order by Benedict of Aniane. The synod of 836 was largely attended and devoted itself to the restoration of ecclesiastical discipline that had been affected by the civil wars between Louis the Pious and his sons.

From 860 to 862 three councils were occupied with the question of the divorce of King Lothaire I from his wife, Theutberga.

In 1166 took place the schismatic council, approved by the Antipope Paschal III, in which was decreed the canonization of Charlemagne, that was solemnly celebrated 29 December of that year.

References

1. ^ "Franks, Romans, Feudalism, And Doctrine". Romanity.org. http://romanity.org/htm/rom.03.en.franks_romans_feudalism_and_doctrine.01.htm#s3. Retrieved 2010-06-28. 
2. ^ The Comforter ISBN 9780802821126
3. ^ A history of Palestine, 634-1099 ISBN 9780521404372
4. ^ Church dogmatics, Volume 1 ISBN 9780567090133
5. ^ The Trinity guide to the Trinity ISBN 9781563383953
6. ^ Freedom of religion and belief: Europe's story ISBN 9789023238461

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). "Aachen". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.