Decretals
Britishplural noun
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Decretals, forged, in support of papal claims, 56.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
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
He cited St. Gregory the Great and St. Iren�us, quoted numerous articles of the Canon Law and whole paragraphs from the Decretals.
From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie
On these words of Saint Augustin, says he, mentioned in the second part of the Decretals, caus.
From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert
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
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