decretum
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Gratian completed the Decretum about 1151, and probably survived some years, but I have not met with the date of his death.
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
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
The collection was afterwards increased, and in the middle of the twelfth century engrafted into Gratian's Decretum, on which is based the Canon Law of the Roman Church.
From To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)
The most potent instrument of the new papal system was Gratian's Decretum, which was issued about the middle of the twelfth century.
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William
