Clementines

/ ˈklɛmənˌtiːnz; -ˌtaɪnz /

plural noun

RC Church an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

Hence he is spoken of with respect in the Clementines; while Paul, as a radical in relation to the Law, is discountenanced.

As to the Sext and Clementines they are merely additional commentaries on supplementary collections of decrees.

Nothing could be more opposed to the principles of the Clementines.

The latest scholarship is of the opinion that "the Clementines are unmistakably a production of the sect of the Ebionites."

Meanwhile the publication of the Clementines had produced results not corresponding exactly to the intentions of Clement.

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