Decretals
Britishplural noun
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From the middle of the 9th century this collection was to become even more celebrated; for, as we know, it served as the basis for the famous collection of the False Decretals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
After the Donation of Constantine came the Forged Decretals, which were just then printed for the first time in an accurate edition.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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
Lepers were only allowed to intermarry with fellow-sufferers; yet we find in one of the Decretals of St. Gregory, that any woman who chose to run the chances of contagion could please her fancy.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
On the date of the Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals, see Mosheim, “Ecclesiastical History,” bk.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
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