Leveled Readings / Boniface VIII (r.1294-1303): Unam Sanctam, 1302
Leveled reading · key passage
Boniface VIII (r.1294-1303): Unam Sanctam, 1302
Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam (1302)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“…it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.”
Adapted · about grade 4
The Pope said every person must obey the Pope to be saved.
Adapted · about grade 7
It is absolutely necessary for salvation that every person be subject to the Pope.
Adapted · about grade 10
It is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.