decretum
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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
Considered from the point of view of official authority, the Decretum occupies an intermediate position very difficult to define.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
As to the so-called Decretum Gelasii de libris recipiendis et non recipiendis, it also is a compilation of documents anterior to Gelasius, and it is difficult to determine Gelasius’s contributions to it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
And with regard to the more frequent holding of Councils, he is said to have reminded the Fathers of the Decretum Perpetuum of Constance, that a Council should be assembled every ten years.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Passing over the first Additiones to the Decretum and the “Quinque compilationes.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
