An English Translation of Juan de Torquemada's Summa de Ecclesia, Book II, Chapter 80
Chapter LXXX. That the Roman Pontiff has Authority of Jurisdiction and Superior Power Greater than the Whole Universal Church Having well-considered what was most fully stated above, light has been shed on the subject such that anyone can know that the Roman Pontiff has greater superiority and authority of jurisdiction than the whole rest of the Church. We will demonstrate this conclusion concerning superiority by recalling some of what has already been said. The first proof is that every pastor has superior authority of governance and power of jurisdiction than the flock of which he is the shepherd, but the Roman Pontiff is shepherd over the universal Church. Therefore he has authority and power of jurisdiction superior to the universal Church. The consequence is sound. The major premise is clear from what has already been set forth. It is said by Christ to Peter and, through Peter, to the Roman Pontiff, “feed my sheep” in the last chapter of the Gospel of John. In whose words, ...