CHAPTER XV

THE PSEUDO-ISIDORIAN DECRETALS AND THE PAPAL CONSTITUTION 326

OUTLINE: I.--What were the Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals? II.--Condition of Europe when the Decretals appeared. III.--Purpose of the forgery. IV.--Character and composition. V.--Time, place, and personality of authorship. VI.--Significance and results. VII.--Nicholas I. and papal supremacy. VIII.--Decline of spirituality in the Church. IX.--Sources.

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