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Papal Decretals — Papal Decretals † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Papal Decretals I. DEFINITION AND EARLY HISTORY (1) In the wide sense of the term decretalis (i.e. epistola decretalis) signifies a pontifical letter containing a decretum, or pontifical… … Catholic encyclopedia
Papal Arbitration — • An institution almost coeval with the papacy itself Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Papal Arbitration Papal Arbitration … Catholic encyclopedia
Papal Diplomatics — Papal Diplomatics † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Papal Diplomatics The word diplomatics, following a Continental usage which long ago found recognition in Mabillon s De Re Diplomaticâ , has of late come to denote also in English the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Papal diplomatics — is the scholarly study of the official documents of the Papacy. Contents 1 History 2 Subject matter 3 Notes 4 References History … Wikipedia
Papal Rescripts — • Responses of the pope or a Sacred Congregation, in writing, to queries or petitions of individuals Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Papal Rescripts Papal Rescripts … Catholic encyclopedia
Decretals of Gregory IX — The decretals of Gregory IX are an important source of medieval canon law. In 1230, the pontiff ordered his chaplain and confessor, St. Raymond of Peñaforte (Pennafort), a Dominican, to form a new canonical collection destined to replace all… … Wikipedia
decretals — adj. of a decree, of a declaration, of a verdict n. papal decree relating to a point of view of church law … English contemporary dictionary
False Decretals — • A name given to certain apocryphal papal letters contained in a collection of canon laws composed about the middle of the ninth century by an author who uses the pseudonym of Isidore Mercator, in the opening preface to the collection Catholic… … Catholic encyclopedia
False Decretals — the Pseudo Isidorian documents. * * * Collection of church law from the 9th century, containing some forged documents. They are also called the Decretals of Pseudo Isidore because they were issued under the name St. Isidore of Sevilla. The… … Universalium
Origins of the Papal Tiara — Pope Innocent III (1198 1216) in early papal tiara, Fresco at the cloister Sacro Speco, about 1219. The origins of the Papal Tiara remain somewhat clouded in mystery. The word tiara itself occurs in the classical annals to denote a Persian… … Wikipedia
