decretum
- proper noun
- Literature
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Decretum
- For example, Gratian, following Ivo's lead, included 16 canons of the Council in Trullo in his Decretum.
Examples
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Gratian's Decretum became the cornerstone for understanding medieval church law.
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His Concordia discordantium canonum, or Decretum, is a comprehensive ordering of a confused mass of previous collections.
Academic text (1993) -
Gratian addresses the canonical confusion in the Decretum.
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At right is the page of Gratian's Decretum printed in 1512 with the title vicarius filii dei indicated by the arrow.
Blog text (30) -
It was not used in the treatment of marriage in the 15th-century Decretum pro Armenis of the Council of Florence, which officially taught the doctrine of the seven sacraments.
Academic text (2004) -
This dialogue form had earlier been used also by Burchard of Worms (ca. 965-1025) in his Decretum, the number of existing manuscripts testifying to its exceptional influence.
Academic text (1993) -
In one gloss on Gratian's Decretum, a decretist made the observation that the general interdict could legitimately punish a community for the sin of a member, though this punishment imposed a temporal rather than an eternal punishment.
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The teachings in Decretum greatly influenced the development of canonical jurisprudence.
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Scholars still study Gratian's Decretum for insights into the legal thought of the 12th century.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Decretum is the Latin word for 'a decision' and Gratian used it as the title of his 12th-century book because it collected many church decisions and rules, like a big book of orders. That's why the decretum became the foundation of medieval church law.
