Iye analengeza kuti mphamvu ya kukhululukidwa kapena kuchotsedwa ali nayo papa pamlingo wokulirapo kuposa wa ansembe wamba, ndi kuti palibe munthu amene angachotsedwedi m’tchalitchi pokhapokha ngati atadzibweretsera chitsutso cha Mulungu choyamba.
He declared that the power of pardon or of excommunication is possessed by the pope in no greater degree than by common priests, and that no man can be truly excommunicated unless he has first brought upon himself the condemnation of God.