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
Rivers said that to confront Christian nationalism honestly, churches and other houses of worship need to focus on a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 known as the Doctrine of Discovery.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022
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
Whenever he entered a town the papal bull was carried before him upon a gilded cloth.
From Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history by Just, Gustav
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