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This is an incomplete list of papal bulls, listed by the year in which each was issued. The decrees of some papal bulls were often tied to the circumstances of time and place, and may have been adjusted, attenuated, or abrogated by subsequent popes as situations changed.
A Papal bull is a written communication from the Vatican Chancery. Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. 0–9.
Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a lead bulla The apostolic constitution Magni aestimamus issued as a papal bull by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011 which instituted the Military Ordinariate of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Catholic Church.
[2] A papal bull is an official formal decree. In terms of formality, papal bulls and apostolic constitutions are above encyclicals, followed by apostolic letters. An apostolic constitution is the highest level of decree issued by the Pope, and is generally issued as a bull with the requisite formalities regarding seal and signature. By their ...
Napoleon was excommunicated in the 1809 bull Quum memoranda by Pope Pius VII for ordering the annexation of Rome and a long period of anti-Papal orders. [74] [75] Before Napoleon's death, his excommunication was lifted and he received the last rites. [76] Stephen Kaminski, bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church, in 1898 [77]
Pope Francis will preside over a ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica for the formal reading of the papal bull, or official edict, that lays out the spiritual theme of hope for the year. The event also kicks off the final seven-month dash of preparations and public works projects to be completed by Dec. 24, when Francis opens the basilica’s ...
Papal elections since 1276 have taken the form of papal conclaves, which are elections that follow a set of rules and procedures developed in Ubi periculum (1274) and later papal bulls; observance of the conclave varied until 1294, but all papal elections since have followed relatively similar conclave procedures.
Pages in category "15th-century papal bulls" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.