Decreta Columban V: V

Meaning
The fifth decree of Archbishop Columban V dealt primarily with rising concerns over the role of the inquistion and excommunication within the realms of the Church. The appointment of Bishop Luther Alburton to the Prefecture of the Congregation of the Inquisition saw a dramatic rise in the prosecution of heresy and slander in the church, as well as liberal exercise of the Right of Excommunication that had long been a tradition held dear to the independent minded Bishops of the Council of Bishops. Bishop Alburton's abuses of the right, however, and the public outcry that they elicited eventually forced the Archbishop to revoke the Right of Excommunication and place new limits on the use of the ancient rite. In addition to alteractions in Church orthodoxy, the controversy was swiftly followed by a reshuffling of the management of the Congregation of the Inquisition.