decretum
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Though Gregory IX. wished to supersede the compilationes, he had no idea of superseding the Decretum of Gratian, still less of codifying the whole of the canon law.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Shortly after this came his "Decretum Horribile," a powerful polemic against the Calvinistic doctrine of election and predestination as interpreted by the Gomarists.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den
Decretum Universitatis Parisiensis super gorgiasitate muliercularum ad placitum.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
In which old edition of Gratiani Decretum, probably before the early part of the sixteenth century, can be found the unmutilated glosses of John Semeca, surnamed Teutonicus? and especially the gloss on De Consecrat.,
From Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Gratian completed the Decretum about 1151, and probably survived some years, but I have not met with the date of his death.
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