papal bull
Americannoun
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Pope Francis will preside over a ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica for the formal reading of the papal bull, or official edict, that lays out the spiritual theme of hope for the year.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
It depicts a legendary 6th-century Mass and was sent as a gift to Pope Paul III to thank him for his 1537 papal bull.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2018
The papal bull of 1520 excommunicating Luther from the Catholic Church, for example, accused him of promoting 41 heresies and “pestiferous errors.”
From National Geographic ● Oct. 27, 2017
The Vatican said the official proclamation of the Holy Year, known as a papal bull, will be published next month.
From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2015
The papal bull confirming the statutes of the college at Oxford is dated 19th July, 1398.
From Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I by Anonymous
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