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Among the vast mass of forgeries which gradually built up the supremacy of the Roman see, the famous Isidorian Decretals deserve a word of notice.

From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Besant, Annie Wood

These documents, known as the Isidorian Decretals, were probably composed by some priest in France, not long before their use by Nicholas.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight

And no theologian should be quoted who lived after the Isidorian forgeries.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von

It became “the starting point of the most momentous and gigantic of medieval forgeries, the Isidorian Decretals,” “where it stands at the head of the pontifical letters, extended to more than twice its original length.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

To aid in the matter, a new system of church law was devised by Anselm of Lucca, partly from the old Isidorian forgeries, and partly from new inventions.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William