decretals

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | 227 words | Copyright

decretals. Papal letters, strictly those in response to a question. They have the force of law within the Pope's jurisdiction. The earliest influential collection was made by Dionysius Exiguus (c.520). See also FALSE DECRETALS.

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