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Nepotism
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(Latin: nepos, nephew)
Preferment shown by rulers to relatives in the bestowal of offices on grounds of relationship rather than those of merit. Historically, the term is appled to the policy of some of the earlier popes of putting relatives into positions of responsibilities and honor in the Church. This was done sometimes for unworthy motives (Sixtus IV and Alexander VI), sometimes in the interest of the Church (Paul IV and Pius II). Some of the opponents of nepotism were: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Bonaventure, Cardinal Bellarmine; Pope Clement IV, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Innocent VI, Pope Urban V, Pope Gregory XI, Pope Hadrian VI, Pope Paul IV, Pope Pius V, Pope Innocent XI, and Pope Innocent XII. Innocent XII gave nepotism a death blow by his celebrated Bull "Romanum decet Pontificem," June 22, 1692.
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Entry for 'Nepotism'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/n/nepotism.html. 1910.
