Decretum
Britishnoun
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Considered from the point of view of official authority, the Decretum occupies an intermediate position very difficult to define.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
The Decretum has thus remained a work of private authority, and the texts embodied in it have only that legal value which they possess in themselves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
The most potent instrument of the new papal system was Gratian's Decretum, which was issued about the middle of the twelfth century.
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William
This he issued in textbook form, about 1142, under the title of Decretum Gratiani.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
The disciples of Gratian, in glossing or commenting on the Decretum, turned to the papal decretals, as they appeared, for information and the determination of doubtful points.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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