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1616: 286:, were drawn up with regard to the execution and dispatch of the papal letters, dating back to the twelfth century. Nevertheless, the forging of papal letters was even more frequent in the Middle Ages than in the early Church. Innocent III refers to no less than nine methods of falsification. From the thirteenth century on to January 1909, it sufficed, in order to give a papal document legal force, to post it up at Rome on the 1628: 677: 655: 633: 316:
In the modern period also, papal letters have been constantly issued, but they proceed from the popes themselves less frequently than in the Middle Ages and Christian antiquity; most of them are issued by the papal officials, of whom there is a greater number than in the Middle Ages, and to whom have
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was always understood to be a papal ordinance which regulated ecclesiastical conditions of a general character judicially, in a durable manner and form, for all time; but by a rescript was understood a papal ordinance issued at the petition of an individual that decided a lawsuit or granted a favour.
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The above-mentioned distinctions between papal documents were based on the extent of their authority. Other names again had their origin in the form of the papal documents. It is true they all had more or less evidently the form of letters. But essential differences appeared, especially in regard to
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The synodal statutes are ordinances issued by the bishop at the diocesan synod, with the advice, but in no way with the legislative co-operation, of the diocesan clergy. The diocesan statutes, regularly speaking, are those episcopal ordinances which, because they refer to more weighty matters, are
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If the matter were important, the popes issued the letters not by their sole authority, but with the advice of the Roman presbyters or of a synod. Although these names indicate sufficiently the legal character of the papal letters, the popes repeatedly required from the persons to whom they wrote
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Just as the popes rule the Church largely by means of letters, so also the bishops make use of letters for the administration of their dioceses. The documents issued by a bishop are divided according to their form into: pastoral letters, synodal and diocesan statutes, mandates or ordinances or
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In order to have legal force the episcopal documents must be published in a suitable manner and according to usage. Civil laws by which episcopal and also papal documents have to receive the approval of the State before they can be published are irrational and out of date according to the
243:, legal instruments almost entirely for important matters, the seal was stamped in wax or lead, seldom in gold, enclosed in a case, and fastened to the document by a cord. For briefs, instruments used as a rule in matters of less importance, the seal was stamped upon the document in wax. 86:, in whose community there was grave dissension. Only a few papal letters of the first three Christian centuries have been preserved in whole or part, or are known from the works of ecclesiastical writers. Among them are three letters by 342:
of 22 January 1587 added to the already existing bodies of papal officials a number of congregations of cardinals with clearly defined powers of administration and jurisdiction. Succeeding popes added other congregations.
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that these should bring the letter in question to the notice of others. In order to secure such knowledge of the papal laws, several copies of the papal letters were occasionally made and dispatched at the same time.
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as well for the entire Church as for individuals, in the form of letters which popes sent either on their own initiative or when application was made to them by synods, bishops or individual Christians.
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also makes mention in 419 of the archives. Nevertheless, forged papal letters appeared even earlier than this. But by far the greater number of the papal letters of the first millennium have been lost.
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During the Middle Ages, the letters of the popes were deposited in the papal archives either in the original or by copy. They are still in existence, and almost complete in number, from the time of
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are understood all documents drawn up by virtue of papal authorization, and signed with the pope's name but not by the pope personally. Documents signed by the pope personally are called
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is a document prepared at the personal initiative of the pope, without previous petition to him, and issued with a partial avoidance of the otherwise customary forms of the chancery.
456:, the first issues of which, at intervals of about twice a month, appeared in 1909. From 1865 to 1908, papal documents had been published in a similar series under the title 1016: 1366: 216:) was the name given especially to general ordinances issued with the advice of the cardinals. On the other hand, ordinances issued for individual cases were called 1529: 407:
By "constitution" is understood, as in the Middle Ages, a papal document of general authority; by "rescript", a similar document applicable to an individual case.
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of the synods as of equal value and of equal obligation. The example of Dionysius was followed afterwards by almost all compilers of the canons, such as
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decrees. The classification depending upon whether they have been drawn up more as letters, or have been issued by a synod or the diocesan chancery.
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of the papal chancery in use as late as the time of Gregory VII. The papal letters were forwarded by the papal officials, above all by the
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The papal documents are still deposited in the Roman archives. There are no official collections of them corresponding to the medieval
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Bulls and briefs are distinguished from each other by characteristics of form which have always remained essentially the same.
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in the Middle Ages the papal letters grew enormously in number. The popes, following the earlier custom, insisted that their
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are letters of a more hortatory nature, addressed to all or to a majority of the higher officials of the Church. A
1443: 208:, every papal letter of general character was authoritative for the entire Church without further notification. 1583: 1375: 809: 83: 121:. On the other hand, more general letters, especially those of dogmatic importance, were also called at times 1573: 1181: 947: 832: 482:). The mandates, decrees or ordinances are issued either by the bishop himself or by one of his officials. 1632: 1095: 1069: 452: 304: 1539: 1460: 1283: 1117: 1006: 495: 264: 172:
As befitted their legal importance, the papal letters were also soon incorporated in the collections of
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been granted large delegated powers, which include the issuing of letters. Following the example of
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papal laws were to be promulgated through publication in an official bulletin called the
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The pastoral letters are addressed either to all the members of the diocese (
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The popes called these letters with reference to their legal character,
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prepared with the obligatory or facultative co-operation of the
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and could freely spread, the number of papal letters increased.
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Gerard, John. "Dionysius Exiguus". The Catholic Encyclopedia
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Letter of Pope Clement I (90–99) to the Corinthians
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Papal letter
Roman Catholic
ecclesiastical authority
synods
pope
bishops
Early Christianity
canon laws
Apostle Peter
Letter of Pope Clement I (90–99) to the Corinthians
Pope Cornelius
the Church was recognized by the Roman State
Roman emperors
archives
Damasus I
Pope Zosimus
canon law
Dionysius Exiguus
canons
Anselm of Lucca
papal primacy
rescripts
Gratian
rescripta
(papal) constitution
sealing
papal bulls
Curial
Innocent III
Corpus Juris Canonici

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