Decretals
Britishplural noun
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Decretals, decisions on points of ecclesiastical administration or discipline.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
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 Foote, G. W. (George William)
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
The Decretals of the Pseudo-Isidore, § 87, 2, 3.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
He also composed a commentary on the Consueludines Feudorum, and on some books of the Decretals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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