Boniface VIII issued a bull forbidding taxes on clergy without the pope 's express permission. This declaration angered multiple European kings, especially Philip IV of France, who cut off all of his country 's funds to the pope. Trying to prevent his loss of power, Boniface VIII then issued the Unam Sanctum. This bull asserted that the pope, being over the Church and thus an eternal kingdom, was more powerful than any temporal king. Boniface VIII 's attempt failed, however, as this order only further aggravated the kings. After an attack from which he was initially saved, Boniface VIII died. This assault was the greatest denial of papal importance yet seen, and signaled that the papacy had truly lost its prestige. Boniface VIII lost much of the authority and political power of the bishop of Rome through his failure to work with European
Boniface VIII issued a bull forbidding taxes on clergy without the pope 's express permission. This declaration angered multiple European kings, especially Philip IV of France, who cut off all of his country 's funds to the pope. Trying to prevent his loss of power, Boniface VIII then issued the Unam Sanctum. This bull asserted that the pope, being over the Church and thus an eternal kingdom, was more powerful than any temporal king. Boniface VIII 's attempt failed, however, as this order only further aggravated the kings. After an attack from which he was initially saved, Boniface VIII died. This assault was the greatest denial of papal importance yet seen, and signaled that the papacy had truly lost its prestige. Boniface VIII lost much of the authority and political power of the bishop of Rome through his failure to work with European