Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) was not an uncritical supporter of papal authority. This essay recounts a nuanced understanding of his development by looking at a number of treatises and sermons focused on the reform of the pope as person and therefore of the reform of the papacy as institution. Cusanus believed the pope’s authority was grounded in the faith and office of Peter and not personally in Peter’s successor, who could therefore fairly be corrected. The successor to Peter was no more the rock than Peter as a human being had been. Consequently, Cusanus’ recommendations for papal reform began with the personal reform of the pope as a faithful Christian first and not as a prelate. His critiques did not thereby threaten the papacy as an institution but, in fact, were intended to improve the man holding the see of Peter and in so doing to reform the office and its exercise.

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改革教皇，改革教皇权

库萨的尼古拉斯（1401-1464）并不是教皇权威的不加批判的支持者。本文通过考察一些专注于教皇作为个人的改革以及教皇作为机构的改革的论文和布道，讲述了对他的发展的细致入微的理解。库萨努斯认为教皇的权威是基于彼得的信仰和职位，而不是基于彼得的继任者本人，因此可以公平地纠正他的错误。彼得的继承者不再是磐石，就像彼得作为一个人一样。因此，库萨努斯对教皇改革的建议首先是教皇作为忠实的基督徒而不是高级教士的个人改革。他的批评并没有因此威胁到教皇作为一个机构，但事实上，