Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Papal allocution" in English language version.
To these imperial contentions presented in the almost brutal form which the emperor used to express his will are sharply opposed the documents of Pius VII, particularly the allocutions given at the consistories of March 16 and July 11, 1808. Here with serenity of style and elevation of thought the Pope enumerates all the arguments, which, whether from the nature of his office or from historical precedent, support the claim of the head of the Church to full and independent sovereignty.
