Document 2/131/57 (Scotia Pontificia, no. 102)
- Description
- [Pope Alexander III] writes to Bishop John of St Andrews, answering a question, and informs him that clerics having only a tonsure are to be counted in the Lord’s flock and are thus exempt from secular jurisdiction. They are to be judged only in ecclesiastical courts. If they are convicted of a crime, or confess a crime, they should by no means endure secular punishment, but should undergo the penalty demanded by ecclesiastical discipline, unless the crime is serious enough to merit both penalties.
- Firm date
- Summer 1180 X 30 July 1181
- Dating Notes
- Based on events, consecration of Bishop John of St Andrews × death of Pope Alexander III (see _Scot. Pont._, 99)
- Source for Data Entry
- Scotia Pontificia, no. 102
- Trad. ID
- Scotia Pontificia, no. 102
- Calendar number
- 2/131/57
- Charter type
- Papal letter
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- Probably Alexander III rather than his successor, Lucius III