papal bull
Americannoun
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The timing coincides with the L’Aquila church’s celebration of the Feast of Forgiveness, which was created by Celestine in a papal bull.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2022
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that year, without naming the papal bull, that the idea that no one owned land until it was claimed by Europeans “never applied in Canada.”
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022
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
In September 1894 the government gave way at last, and the exequatur or confirmation of the papal bull arrived.
From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
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