False Decretals

American  

noun

1. the Pseudo-Isidorian documents.

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

False Decretals

The promises, true and legendary, of Pippin, and the spurious donation of Constantine, had still further extension in the False Decretals.

From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by William Holden Hutton

Everybody is agreed in placing the origin of the False Decretals within the Frankish empire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

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 Henry Charles Lea

For the period between the False Decretals and Gratian, there is no work of this sort, but the materials have been put together and published in part by M.P.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

The False Decretals did not greatly modify nor corrupt the Canon Law, but they contributed much to accelerate its progress towards unity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various