Decretals
Britishplural noun
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He also composed a commentary on the Consueludines Feudorum, and on some books of the Decretals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
From the middle of the 9th century this collection was to become even more celebrated; for, as we know, it served as the basis for the famous collection of the False Decretals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Let it not disturb anyone that in the Decretals on Penance and in the IV.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin
Hence the Apostolic Constitutions, the Decretals, the Apostles' and the Athanasian Creeds, and all the profitable relics of saints and martyrs.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
Grosteste was a man who had learned his life-lessons, not from priest or monk, from Fathers or Decretals, but direct from God.
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Holt, Emily Sarah
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