These words have indeed been wrongly applied to the sacrament, as in the decretal Dudum[29] and often elsewhere.
The decretalforbids the bestowing of the pallium (see above, p.
Council of all the Provinces of Spain to meet in Gallæcia against the Manichees and Priscillianists, as he says in his decretal Epistle to Turribius a Spanish Bishop.
Pope Innocent the first, in his decretal Epistle to Victricius Bishop of Rouen in France, A.
But the first decretal Epistle now extant is this of Siricius to Himerius; by which the Pope made Himerius his Vicar over all Spain for promulging his Decrees, and seeing them observed.
It was the Metropolis of Istria, Forum Julium, and Venetia; and its subjection to the See of Rome is manifest by the decretal Epistle of Leo I.
Leo Bishop of Ravenna about some questions, answered him by a decretal Epistle A.
Canon to Rome, in a decretal Epistle to the Bishops of Sicily, written Alippio & Ardabure Coss.
Secondly, if one person persuade another simoniacally to enter religion, by giving him presents: and this is forbidden in the Decretal (I, qu.
Now it would seem that a diversity of religious orders might confuse the Christian people, as stated in the Decretal de Statu Monach.
Yet religious are forbidden to plead at law, as appears from the Decretal De Postulando quoted above (A.
This Decretal refers to the active life as directed to the salvation of souls.
For this reason the Church cannot dispense from a vow solemnized by the religious profession; and the reason assigned by the Decretal is because "chastity is bound up with the monastic rule.
On the contrary, The Decretal Ad abolendam (De Haereticis, cap.
Now the vows of poverty and continence "are so inseparable from the monastic rule, that not even the Sovereign Pontiff can allow them to be broken," according to a Decretal (De Statu Monach.
Now one may go to the length of accusing a person publicly, without previously admonishing him in secret: for it is decided in the Decretal (Cap.
So live in the monastery as to deserve to become a cleric"; but not conversely, as expressed in the Decretal quoted (XIX, qu.
Now the particular is included in the universal, wherefore a Decretal [*Cap.
Wherefore Innocent III says in the Decretal quoted above that "it is more easily allowable for a monk to ascend to the episcopacy, than for a bishop to descend to the monastic life.
This decretal is evidently made of matter of different dates, as has been shown by Hefele, § 217, and probably contains matter which may be later than Gelasius.
With this canon should be compared the decretalof Gelasius, De Libris Recipiendis, v.
Likewise the decretal epistles which the most blessed Popes at different times have given from the city of Rome, in reply to consultations of various fathers, are to be reverently received.
It matters not what evidence there may be for dissection, or lack of evidence as to ecclesiastical opposition, the decretal of Boniface was construed universally as prohibiting any dissections for any purpose whatever.
The decretalmay be found in the Corpus Juris Canonica, Tome II.
As we have seen, even such men in the early Church as Tertullian and St. Augustine held anatomy in abhorrence, and the decretalof Pope Boniface VIII.
Had this been written by the Benedictines, there would have been every reason to think that though Boniface's decretal itself did not forbid dissection it had unfortunately been so misinterpreted.
Footnote 16] [Footnote 16: The Latin text of this decretal will be found entire in the appendix.
President White says: "As to the decretal of Pope Boniface VIII.
The decretal of Boniface was construed universally as prohibiting dissections for any purpose whatever.
When I called attention to the fact that this decretal contained none of the things it was said to, and published the text of it, Dr.
This was made in Bologna in the year 1302 (two years after the decretal supposed to forbid dissection).
He was instructed to procure from the pope a decretal commission, laying down principles of law by which Wolsey and Campeggio might hear and determine the cause without appeal.
To put an end to this neglect, Lucius III, jointly with the Emperor Frederic Barbarossa and the bishops of his court, enacted a decretal at Verona in 1184, regulating the episcopal inquisition.
But at the time this Decretal was published, the Animadversio debita of the State entailed no severer penalty than banishment and confiscation.
He said the decretal had been issued when the Pope had just escaped from St. Angelo, and was angry and exasperated against the Emperor.
He had granted the decretal only to be shown to the King, and then burnt.
But Cardinal Salviati informed Casalis that a sentence given in virtue of the decretal would have no effect, but would only cause the Pope's deposition.
The fatal decretal was to be seen only by a very few persons, and then, as Henry said, Campeggio was to burn it.
Why should not the Pope, then, allow the decretal to be put in execution?
He had appointed a commission, and by the secret decretal had ruled what the decision was to be.
If any such decretal came into the Ambassador's hands, the Duke warned him not to issue it.
The Pope said thedecretal ought to have been burnt, and refused to discuss the matter further.
The decretal could not be produced, but, with or without it, the King insisted that the court should sit.
He had hoped that his decretal would not be known.
She had doubtless been informed of the secret decretal by which the Pope appeared to have prejudged her cause.
He mastered the whole system of decretal lore and made it his guide for the rest of his life.
Verona decretal of 1184, sought to obtain for the Church the benefit of the confiscation which he again declared to be incurred by heresy.
Frederic Barbarossa, the pope issued a decretal at the instance of the emperor and with the assent of the bishops, which if strictly and energetically obeyed might have established an episcopal instead of a papal Inquisition.
This is unquestionably the doctrine of the canon law of western Christendom, as emphatically expressed in the decretal epistle of Alexander III.
England, as shown by the famous decretal epistle of Alexander III.
As to the decretal of Boniface VIII, the usual statement is that he forbade all dissections.
For the decretal of Boniface VIII, see the Corpus Juris Canonici.
One of the boldest of these pious forgeries is the decretal letter attributed to Constantine the Great, forged probably by Benedict of Mentz, in the ninth century.
Innocent thereupon wrote to Emeric, sending him the severe papal decretal against the Patarins of Viterbo as a guide for his action, and ordering him to cleanse his territories of heresy and to confiscate all heretical property.
If the decretal had been "obeyed strictly and energetically, it would have established an episcopal instead of a papal Inquisition.
Lucius III and Barbarossa, acting together in 1184, prepared a decretal in which the duty of bishops was reaffirmed and an attempt was made to give sharper method to their proceedings.
This was not a decretal commission; it did not bind the Pope or prevent him from revoking the case.
We have also decreed that no decretal or decree or law or difficult paragraph shall be reserved to be read at the end of the lecture if, through such reservation, promptness of exit at the sound of the appointed bell is likely to be prevented.
In the West all earlier collections were put out of sight by the Codex canonum of the Roman abbot Dionysius the Little (§ 47, 23), to which were also added the extant Decretal Epistles about A.
He might still act as Legate alone, if the Pope's decretal deciding the law of the case in favour of Henry could be obtained from Campeggio, who had held it so tightly by the Pope's command.
As to the many decretal letters of the popes, there are no more celebrated documents in early history than the professions of faith given by Pope Celestine I.
Such sterilization of a woman is in contravention to the decretal of Gregory[111] as given in the chapter on Vasectomy.
Ballerini[9] agrees with Molina, but he draws attention to a decretalof Innocent I.
The more to pacify the king, he showed to him, as also to the cardinal the decretal bull, annulling the former marriage with Catharine; but no entreaties could prevail on him to make any other of the king's council privy to the secret.
Campeggio had beforehand received private orders, delivered by Campana, to burn the decretal bull with which he was intrusted.
The sixteenth decretal formally sets forth: 'The judges of heretics have the faculty to proceed in a simplified manner, direct, without the noise of advocates, or form of judgment.
Pope Innocent III in a Decretal writes thus: "The very accidents appear to affect the wine that is added, because, if water is added, it takes the savor of the wine.
Decretal that "the Person of God absorbed the person of man.
As the great canonist Gratian remarked on a similar decretal of Pope Pelagius, "Here is a case where lechery has more rights at law than has chastity" (Decret.
He had Campeggio, the commission, the decretal bull of divorce signed by the pope, and the engagement giving an irrevocable value to all these acts.
By no engagement could he be induced, to trust out of his hands, to me, his colleague that decretal commission.
It mattered not, the nuncio would not, by any means, let the decretal go.
I repent in dust and ashes that I ever granted this decretal bull.
Wolsey having returned to the nuncio, he asked him for the decretal with an air of candour as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
This decretal is the efficacious remedy that will restore peace to my oppressed conscience, and joy to my bruised heart.
The pope, pressed by Henry VIII and intimidated by the armies of Francis I, had granted the decretal and despatched Campeggio.
Was not the Roman legate provided with a decretalpronouncing the divorce, in case it should be proved that Arthur's marriage had been really consummated?
It is impossible," said the cardinals, "to grant a decretal commission in which the pope pronounces de jure in favour of the divorce, with a promise of confirmation de facto.
