Decretals

/ dɪˈkriːtəlz /

plural noun

RC Church a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation ( Liber Extra ) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

He studied the Decretals of the popes, and made discoveries which greatly modified his views.

Let us believe the gospel, let us believe St. Paul, and not the letters and decretals of the popes.

Ought the numerous ancient customs, founded on the decretals and the canon law, to be still suffered to exist?

The decretals of the popes have not always had in view what was suitable to the good of estates, and of individuals.

In the Roman decretals, under the canon Osius, we find a very long list of bishops who were the sons of priests.

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