sufiragii

Updated: May 1, 2025

Accordingly, Pope Sixtus IV, in 1477, declared that the power of the Pope over purgatory, while genuine, was exercised only per modum sufiragii, "by way of intercession." The distinction was thought dogmatically important, but to the layman, who looked more to results than to methods, the difference between intercession and jurisdiction was trifling.

Martin Luther - Works of Martin Luther: With Introductions and Notes (Volume I)