Response to Objections Concerning the Papal Claims of Pope Hadrian I at the 2nd Council of Nicaea (787)

This post will be aimed at answering the following objections:

• Pope Hadrian was simply using “empty honorifics” that had no “application in reality”. Therefore, his letters contain nothing of semblance to the Papal claims of Vatican 1.

• Charlemagne and the Libri Carolini (Books of Charles or Charlemagne), both of which contain glowing honorific description…