Decretals
Britishplural noun
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Hence the Apostolic Constitutions, the Decretals, the Apostles' and the Athanasian Creeds, and all the profitable relics of saints and martyrs.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote
Isidore, publication of the False Decretals of, ii.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
He gives Innocent's views, and quotes what authority he can find for them in the Digest and Decretals.
From Mediaeval Socialism by Bede Jarrett
The False Decretals did not greatly modify nor corrupt the Canon Law, but they contributed much to accelerate its progress towards unity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Forged Writings.—Among the documents that at the present time are generally admitted to be forgeries, the Donation of Constantine and the Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals are of primary importance.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by Ellen Gould Harmon White
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