Question

“Thus concerning the Church and her power, is the prophecy of Jerimiah fulfilled, “See, I

have this day set thee over the nations and the Kingdoms”. Furthermore we declare,
state, define and pronounce that it is altogether necessary to salvation for every human
creature to be subject to the Roman pontiff.
-Pope Boniface VIII (1302)
1. How might kings and lords view this statement?

Answer 1

Kings and lords would view this statement as a very aggressive one against their kingdoms if they were not contextualized.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reasons behind this answer are that in the first place if the kings and lords who heard this statement didn't have the religious context to understand it, they would feel assaulted or threatened because they would take it literally instead of metaphorical. That is the reason why we have to contextualize our public before we tell share our ideas with them.