Title — Liber Sextus
Title VI: On the Excesses of Prelates and Subjects
Chapter I
Mendicants cannot acquire new places for dwelling, or alienate or exchange old ones, without a special license of the Pope which makes mention of this prohibition. The prohibition nevertheless ceases for those acquiring places for leading the eremitical life. This states the point. Johannes Andreae.
Boniface VIII.
Since from the fact that Preachers, Minors, and other mendicant religious receive anew houses or places for dwelling in cities, castles, towns, or other places, or abandon places received formerly, transferring themselves there to others, diverse scandals sometimes arise and frequent complaints are brought to the Apostolic See, we, wishing to make provision concerning this, by this perpetual edict prohibit anyone or any persons of the aforesaid, by whatever privileges concerning this they may be fortified—which we will to afford them no support at all contrary to the tenor of the present constitution—from hereafter presuming, without a special license of the Apostolic See making full and express mention of a prohibition of this kind, to receive anew any houses or places for dwelling in any city, castle, town, or place whatsoever; to exchange those received thus far; or to transfer them to others by title of sale, exchange, donation, or any alienation whatsoever. If they act otherwise, we decree the act null. Through this, however, we do not understand it to be forbidden to those who, with the license of their superiors, have chosen to lead an eremitical or solitary life to acquire and exchange cells, lodgings, or dwellings in a wilderness or in places where human habitation is not nearby.
DE EXCESSIBUS PRAELATORUM ET SUBDITORUM.
Mendicantes non possunt acquirere nova loca ad habitandum vel antiqua alienare vel mutare absque speciali licentia Papae, quae de hac prohibitione faciat mentionem. In acquirentibus tamen loca pro eremitica vita ducenda cessat prohibitio. H. d. Ioann. Andr.
Bonifacius VIII.
Quum ex eo, quod Praedicatores, Minores, et religiosi alii mendicantes, in civitatibus, castris, villis aut aliis locis ad habitandum domos vel loca de novo suscipiunt, seu olim suscepta dimittunt, se ibidem ad alia transferentes, diversa scandala quandoque proveniant, et frequentes clamores ad sedem apostolicam perferantur: nos, super hoc providere volentes, hoc perpetuo prohibemus edicto, ne deinceps aliquis vel aliqui de praedictis, quibuscunque super hoc privilegiis muniti exsistant, (quae ipsis contra tenorem constitutionis praesentis nullatenus volumus suffragari,) in aliqua civitate, castro, villa seu loco quocunque ad habitandum domos vel loca quaecunque de novo recipere, seu hactenus recepta mutare, vel ea venditionis, permutationis, donationis aut cuiusvis alienationis titulo quocunque in alios transferre praesumant absque sedis apostolicae licentia speciali, plenam et expressam faciente de prohibitione huiusmodi mentionem; si secus egerint, irritum decernentes. Per hoc tamen eis, qui vitam duxerint eremeticam seu solitariam eligendam, de maiorum suorum licentia, quin cellas, mansiones seu habitacula in eremo , sive locis, ubi non sit hominum habitatio de propinquo, possint acquirere ac mutare, non intelligimus interdictum.