Decretals
Britishplural noun
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For the period between the False Decretals and Gratian, there is no work of this sort, but the materials have been put together and published in part by M.P.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
When Luther had the Decretals publicly burnt at Wittemberg, the insult was designed for the pope, rather than as a condemnation of the canon law itself.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
Innocent III. sends the collection of his Decretals to the University of Bologna and heaps favors upon it.
From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour
Forged Writings.—Among the documents that at the present time are generally admitted to be forgeries, the Donation of Constantine and the Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals are of primary importance.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
After the Donation of Constantine came the Forged Decretals, which were just then printed for the first time in an accurate edition.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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