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The '''Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges''', issued by King [[Charles VII of France]], on July 7, 1438, required a General Church Council, with authority superior to that of the [[pope]], to be held every ten years, required election rather than appointment to ecclesiastical offices, prohibited the pope from bestowing, and profiting from, [[benefice]]s, and limited appeals to Rome. The king accepted many of the decrees of the [[Council of Basel]] without endorsing its efforts to coerce [[Pope Eugene IV]].

 

==See also==

*[[Gallicanism]]

 

[[Category:History of Catholicism in France]]