Decretals
Britishplural noun
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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
The Clementine Constitutions of 1460 were reprinted, and similar editions were issued of the Institutes and Codex of Justinian, Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, etc.
From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
For examples of it, the Bolognese Law Books, Decretals, and such-like, afford frequent illustration.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William
Decretals, forged, in support of papal claims, 56.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
Isidore, publication of the False Decretals of, ii.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
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