Who is he?
2007-03-05 06:56:36 · 7 answers · asked by shanekeavy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sixtus IV consented to the Spanish Inquisition and issued a bull in 1478 that established an Inquisitor in Seville, under political pressure from Ferdinand of Aragon, who threatened to withhold military support from his kingdom of Sicily. Nevertheless, Sixtus IV quarrelled over protocol and prerogatives of jurisdiction, was unhappy with the excesses of the Inquisition and took measures to condemn the most flagrant abuses in 1482.
2007-03-05 07:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a civic patron in Rome, even the anti-papal chronicler Stefano Infessura agreed that Sixtus IV should be admired. The dedicatory inscription in the fresco by Melozzo da Forlì in the Vatican Palace records: "You gave your city temples, streets, squares, fortifications, bridges and restored the Acqua Vergine as far as the Trevi..." In addition to restoring the aqueduct that provided Rome an alternative to the river water that had made the city famously unhealthy, he restored or rebuilt over 30 of Rome's dilapidated churches, among them San Vitale (1475) and Santa Maria del Popolo, and added seven new ones. The Sistine Chapel was sponsored by Sixtus IV, as was the Ponte Sisto, the Sistine Bridge – the first new bridge across the Tiber since antiquity – and the building of Via Sistina (later named Borgo Sant'Angelo), a road leading from Castel Sant'Angelo to Saint Peter. All this was done to facilitate the integration of the Vatican Hill and Borgo with the heart of old Rome.
2007-03-05 15:02:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not seem that Pope Sixtus IV did anything wrong to me, except support the Crusades, which you have to go further into European history to understand. He supported the arts, and it is because of him that the Early Renaissance was introduced to Rome. I think that we have Pope Sixtus to thank for many of the great masterpieces of his time.
2007-03-05 15:06:16 · answer #3 · answered by The Pope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is really starting to appear that all with power in any religion are evil.
2007-03-05 15:00:03 · answer #4 · answered by corona001500 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're were quite a few. That's why we have Christ instead of the Pope to worship.
2007-03-05 15:00:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jehovah is GOD and Jesus is GOD'S Son. We do not worship any man !!!
2007-03-05 15:00:28 · answer #6 · answered by Jason W 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
IDK AND HE IS A ANITPOPE AND YES THEIR IS SUCH A THING LIKE THAT BEFORE AND NOW.
2007-03-05 14:59:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋