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 |title        = Declaration on Authority and Privileges
 |above        ={{resize|10pt| ''Ravenna Declaration on Temporal Authority and Privileges, Liberties and General Councils ''}}

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 | label1 = Type
 |  data1 = Imperial Edict
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 | label2 = Edict number
 |  data2 = unnumbered<br> 01878 (given in 1955)
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 | label3 = Issued by
 |  data3 = [[Theophylactus I Augustus]] on 2 January 1847
 |header4 = ''[[Constitution of Latium#List of Basic Laws|Code of Laws]]'' details
 | label5 = ''[[Constitution of Latium#List of Basic Laws|Code of Laws]]'' document number
 |  data5 = 1847-010201
 | label6 = Publication date
 |  data6 = 3 March 1847
 |header7 =Summary
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Prevents papal bulls, letters, and excommunications from being executed or performed in Latium except upon the consent of the Monarch.
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'''Declaration on Authority and Privileges''' is an imperial {{wp|edict}} issued during the reign of [[Theophylactus I Augustus]] on 2 January 1847. The edict was issued concurrently with the Donation of Fabria and Fabrian independence, aimed at maintaining the relationship between the [[Monarchy of Latium|Latin monarchy]] and the [[Pope of the Fabrian Catholic Church|Papacy]] under the doctrine of [[#Background|Apenninism]]. Since the Xth century, the Fabria and the Papacy fell under the dominion of Latium, though following the X Agreement, the Church no longer required Imperial authority for {{wp|consecration|episcopal consecration}}. The edict is considered as one of the basic laws forming the [[Constitution of Latium]].

==Background==
{{main|Apenninism}}
Apenninism developed following the X Agreement, and held that the monarch's or state's authority over the Catholic Church was comparable to the Pope. Apenninism rejects {{wp|ultramontanism}} and down plays the authority of the Pope without denying the role of the Pope as first among equals in the Catholic Church. It restricted power of the Pope in favor of the Latin monarch, Latin state and local bishops, and simply contests the Pope's supremacy and infallibility by arguing that papal primacy was always limited by temporal, in this case Latin Imperial, authority

The doctrine derives it's name from the Apennine Peninsula, upon which Latium is located.
==Provisions==
The edict was designed following the principles of Apenninism. It includes but is not limited to the following:
*Papal legates cannot be sent into Latium, or exercise their power within, except at the Monarch's request or with his consent
*Imperial officers cannot be excommunicated for any act performed in the discharge of their official state duties
*Papal bulls and letters may not be executed except upon the consent of the Monarch
*The Monarch may confirm appointments of bishops made by the Pope, or he or she may appoint individuals to serve as bishops
==Effects==
==See also==
*[[Constitution of Latium]]
*[[Donation of Fabria]]
[[category:Latin Empire]]
[[category:Ajax]]
[[category:Religion in Ajax]]