Un lancinant sentiment d'injustice

Skin Colour and Priesthood. Debating Bodily Differences in Early Modern Catholicism*

“…55 Crucially, the central issue of perspectivism was whether to allow non-European clerics to serve outside of Europe-even if some individuals had been ordained for this purpose in Europe. 56 This is exemplified by the 1518 papal brief Exponi nobis permitting the ordination of some "Ethiopians." This document has been quoted as being indicative of how Black people were treated throughout Europe, usually alongside the elevation of the Congolese prince Henrique to the rank of bishop in that same year.…”