Decretals
Britishplural noun
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Decretals, forged, in support of papal claims, 56.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
Thus a new collection authorised by Boniface VIII. is called the sext, i.e. the sixth book of the Decretals.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William
X. I have elsewhere considered in some detail the growth of the spiritual jurisdiction of the Church, through the False Decretals, in the anarchy accompanying the fall of the Carlovingian empire.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
Decretals, decisions on points of ecclesiastical administration or discipline.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
These documents, known as the Isidorian Decretals, were probably composed by some priest in France, not long before their use by Nicholas.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
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