False Decretals

American  

noun

1. the Pseudo-Isidorian documents.

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Example Sentences

But the story is from the False Decretals.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

The False Decretals naturally assert the supremacy of the Bishop of Rome.

From Books and Bookmen by Lang, Andrew

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

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

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 Hutton, William Holden