Bracton, being both a lawyer and a cleric wrote of the Pope " in spiritualibus super omnibus habet ordinariam jurisdictionem " ( In spiritual things he has an ordinary jurisdiction over all men in his realm . ) Not only was the Pope a law giver, but he was also a judge, and in his Curia, could enforce his decrees.
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The courts put life into the dead words of the statute . 339 To quote from Bishop Hoadly . . . . . . .'Nay, whoever hath an absolute authority to interpret any written or spoken laws, it is He who is truly the law Giver to all intents and purposes, and not who first who wrote and spoke them .
