The Aulic Council (Latin: Consilium Aulicum, German: Reichshofrat, literally meaning Court Council of the Empire) the Aulic Council was the executive-judicial council for the Empire. Originating during the Late Middle Ages as a paid Council of the Emperor, it was organized in its later form by the German King Maximilian I by decree of 13 December 1497. It was meant as a rival to the separate Imperial Chamber Court, which the Imperial Estates had forced upon him by promulgating the Ewiger Landfriede at the Diet of Worms two years before. Maximilian emphasised the fact that the Emperor embodied supreme legal authority and would continue to answer legal requests addressed to him.Each emperor summoned a new Council upon his accession to the throne. According to a regulation issued by Emperor Ferdinand I in 1559, the Council was composed of a president, a vice-president, a vice-chancellor, and 18 councillors, who were all chosen and paid by the Emperor, with the exception of the vice-chancellor, who was appointed by the Elector of Mainz in his capacity as Imperial archchancellor. Imperial Gazette Announcement - 29th April, 2023 - Holy Roman Empire Association - Associazioni dei Nobili del Sacro Romano Impero - HREA - The Chancellor of the HREA, has declared the resumption of the Aulic Council - Consilium Aulicum - Reichshofrat, being the Court Council of the Holy Roman Empire, in the presence of the Officers of the HREA in a meeting held today being the 29th April In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty Three, in the Imperial Eternal City of Rome. The Aulic Council will be composed of a president, a vice-president, a vice-chancellor, and 18 councillors of the Empire. The Chancellor of the HREA has assumed the Office of President of the Aulic Council of the HRE, being signed and dated under the Imperial Seal of the Holy Roman Empire. "Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat!" – "Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands"