Decretals
Britishplural noun
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The first of these, for which during 1860 and 1861 he had gathered materials in Italy, Spain, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland and Belgium, was the first critical edition of the False Decretals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
A copy of the Decretals, dated 1381, in the Cathedral Library of Seville is by his hand.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William
When Luther had the Decretals publicly burnt at Wittemberg, the insult was designed for the pope, rather than as a condemnation of the canon law itself.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
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
Decretals, forged, in support of papal claims, 56.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
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