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Ad Abolendam    was issued by    Pope Lucuis III 1184 - Condemns heresy and lists some punishments (though stops short of death).

Ad Exstirpanda    was issued by    Pope Innocent IV 1252 - Authorizes the use of torture for eliciting confessions and executing relapsed heretics by burning them alive.

Ad Providam    was issued by    Pope Clement V 1312 - Grants the bulk of Templar property on to the Knights Hospitallers.

Ad Sacram    was issued by    Pope Alexander VII 1665 - Establishes a Council to control the conciliar agenda.

Aeterni Patris    was issued by    Pope Pius IX 1868 - Summons First Vatican Council.

Aeterni Regis    was issued by    Pope Sixtus IV 1481 - Sanctioned the Spanish Inquisition.

Alma Mater    was issued by    Pope Clement V 1310 - Postpones the Opening of the Council of Vienne until the investigation of the Templars is finished.

Antiqua Sanctorum Patrum    was issued by    Pope Gregory VII 1079 - Granted the church of Lyon primacy over the churches of Gaul.

Apostolicae Curae    was issued by    Pope Leo XIII 1896 - Declares all Anglican Holy Orders null and void.

Apostolici Regiminis    was issued by    Pope Leo X 1513 - States that the soul is really, of itself, and essentially, the form of the body.

Apostolicæ Sedis Moderationi    was issued by    Pope Pius IX 1871 - Defines papal infallibility.

Audita Tremendi    was issued by    Pope Gregory VIII 1187 - Called for the Third Crusade.

Benedictus Deus    was issued by    Pope Pius IV 1564 - Ratified all decrees and definitions of the Council of Trent.

Clericis Laicos    was issued by    Pope Boniface VIII 1296 - Prohibits any temporary power to seize the property of the clergy.

Coeli Et Terrae    was issued by    Pope Sixtus V 1586 - Condemned "judicial astrology" as superstitious.

Cum Ex Apostolatus Officio    was issued by    Pope Paul IV 1559 - Confirms that only Catholics can be elected Popes.

Cum Hiis Superioribus Annis    was issued by    Pope Calixtus III 1456 - Announces the fall of Constantinople.

Cum Hora Undecima    was issued by    Pope Gregory IX 1235 - First bull authorizing pagan friars to preach to pagan nations.

Cum Inter Nonnullos    was issued by    Pope John XXII 1323 - Definition on the Poverty of Christ and the Apostles.

Cum Nimis Absurdum    was issued by    Pope Paul IV 1555 - Places religious and economic restrictions on Jews in the Papal States.

Cum Non Solum    was issued by    Pope Innocent IV 1245 - Appeal to the Mongols to desist from attacking Christians.

Cum Nos Nuper    was issued by    Pope Pius IV 1567 - Declared that Jews are forbidden to own real estate - to sell or it be confiscated by the Holy See.

Cum Occasione    was issued by    Pope Innocent X 1653 - Condemns 5 Jansenist propositions.

Cum Simus Super    was issued by    Pope Innocent IV 1245 - Urged ecclesiastical unity.

Cum Universi    was issued by    Pope Celestine III 1192 - Gave control over the Scottish Church.

Decet Romanum Pontificem    was issued by    Pope Leo X 1521 - Ex-communicates Martin Luther.

Dei Patris Immensa    was issued by    Pope Innocent IV 1245 - Exposition of the Christian faith and urged Mongols to accept baptism.

Dei Verbum    was issued by    Pope Paul VI 1965 - There exists a close connection and communication between sacred Tradition and sacred Scripture.

De Sepulturis    was issued by    Pope Boniface VIII 1299 - Prohibits the dismembering and boiling of the dead to take all the bones to be buried somewhere else.

Dudum Ad Nostram    was issued by    Pope Eugene IV 1442 - Forbidden Jews to live with Christians or fill public functions. Established ghettos.

Dum Diversas    was issued by    Pope Nicholas V 1452 - Authorizes Afonso V of Portugal to reduce any Muslims, pagans and other unbelievers to perpetual slavery.

Etsi Judaeorum    was issued by    Pope Gregory IX 1233 - Jews are to be treated with the same humanity as other Christians.

Etsi Non Displaceat    was issued by    Pope Innocent III 1205 - Charges the Jews with arrogance, possession of Christian slaves, usury and blasphemy.

Ex Commisso Nobis    was issued by    Pope Innocent II 1136 - Bull of Gniezno - earliest record of the Polish language.

Exsurge Domine    was issued by    Pope Leo X 1520 - Demands that Martin Luther retract 41 of his 95 theses.

Exultavit Cor Nostrum    was issued by    Pope Urban IV 1263 - Cautiously welcomes the envoy of John the Hungarian.

Fasciens Misericordiam    was issued by    Pope Clement V 1308 - Sets out the procedure to prosecute the Knights Templar.

Golden Bull of Rimini    was issued by    Pope Innocent III 1199 - Assigns the uniform of a white tunic with a black cross to the Teutonic Knights.

Humanae Salutis    was issued by    Pope John XXIII 1961 - Summons the Second Vatican Council.

Ille Humani Generis    was issued by    Pope Gregory IX 1231 - Approved investigations by inquisitors to deal with heresy.

Immensa Aeterni Dei    was issued by    Pope Sixtus V 1588 - Provides instruction in condemning or correcting literature which were against Catholic doctrine.

Incarnationis Mysterium    was issued by    Pope John Paul II 1998 - The Great Jubilee of 2000 - a celebration of the mercy of God and forgiveness of sins.

In Eminenti Apostolatus Specula    was issued by    Pope Clement XII 1738 - Bans Catholics from becoming Freemasons.

In Generali Concilio    was issued by    Pope Honorius III 1218 - Established an inventory list of all goods in value of terms for all Templar Knights.

In Nomine Domini    was issued by    Pope Nicholas II 1059 - Established cardinal-bishops as the sole electors of the Pope.

Inter Caetera    was issued by    Pope Alexander VI 1493 - Divides the New World between Spain and Portugal.

Inter Gravissimas    was issued by    Pope Gregory XIII 1582 - Establishes the Gregorian calendar.

Lachrymabilem Judaeorum    was issued by    Pope Innocent IV 1247 - Calls for an end to persecution and murders resulting from ritual homicide.

Laudabiliter    was issued by    Pope Adrian IV 1155 - Gives the English King Henry II lordship over Ireland.

Libertas Ecclesiae    was issued by    Pope Gregory VII 1079 - The doctrine of clerical celibacy and freedom from sexual pollution.

Licet Ad Capiendos    was issued by    Pope Gregory IX 1233 - Marks the start of the Inquisition by the Church.

Milites Templi    was issued by    Pope Celestine II 1144 - Provides clergy protection to the Knights Templar.

Militia Dei    was issued by    Pope Eugene III 1145 - Allowed the Knights Templar to take tithes and burial fees.

Munificentissimus Deus    was issued by    Pope Pius XII 1950 - Defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

Omne Datum Optimum    was issued by    Pope Innocent II 1139 - Endorses the Knights Templar.

Parens Scientarum    was issued by    Pope Gregory IX 1231 - Guarantees the independence of the University of Paris.

Pastoralis Praeminentiæ    was issued by    Pope Clement V 1307 - Orders the arrest of the Knights Templar and the confiscation of their possessions.

Piis Fidelium    was issued by    Pope Alexander VI 1493 - Grants Spain vicarial power to appoint missionaries to the Indies.

Post Miserabile    was issued by    Pope Innocent III 1185 - Called for another Crusade.

Quam Singulari    was issued by    Pope Pius X 1910 - Allows the admittance of Communion to children who have reached the age of reason (about seven years old).

Quantum Praedecessores    was issued by    Pope Eugene III 1145 - Called for the Second Crusade.

Querentes in Agro    was issued by    Pope Innocent IV 1254 - Recognizes the patronage of the Holy See on the University of Oxford.

Quia Maior    was issued by    Pope Innocent III 1213 - Calls for the Fifth Crusade.

Quod Divina Sapientia    was issued by    Pope Leo XII 1824 - Restructures education in the Papal States under ecclesiastical supervision.

Redemptor Noster    was issued by    Pope John XXII 1323 - Withdrew the Mongol Ilkhan's dominions and transferred them to a Bominican province.

Regimini Militantis Ecclesiae    was issued by    Pope Paul III 1540 - Approves the formation of the Society of Jesus.

Regnans in Coelis    was issued by    Pope Clement V 1308 - Convenes the Council of Vienne to discuss the Knights Templar.

Regnans in Excelsis    was issued by    Pope Pius V 1570 - Declares Elizabeth I of England a heretic and releases her subjects from any allegiance to her.

Religiosam Vitam    was issued by    Pope Honorius III 1216 - Established the Dominician Order.

Rex Regnum    was issued by    Pope Clement V 1307 - Nominates seven Franciscans to act as papal suffragens in China.

Romanus Pontifex    was issued by    Pope Nicholas V 1455 - Sanctifies the seizure of non-Christian lands discovered during the Age of Discovery and encourages the enslavement of natives .

Scimus, Fili    was issued by    Pope Boniface VIII 1299 - Declared King Edward I claim to King of Scotland illegal.

Si Ad Reprimendos    was issued by    Pope Calixtus III 1456 - Banned social intercourse of Christians with Jews.

Sicut Dudum    was issued by    Pope Eugene IV 1435 - Forbids the slavery of black natives in the Canary Islands by Spanish slave traders.

Sicuti Judaeis Non Debet    was issued by    Pope Urban V 1365 - Stated that it was forbidden to molest Jews or force them into baptism.

Sicut Judaeis    was issued by    Pope Callixtus II 1120 - Provided protection for the Jews who suffered during the First Crusade.

Si Vera Sunt    was issued by    Pope Gregory IX 1239 - Authorizes torture of heretics during inquisition inquiries.

Solet Annuere    was issued by    Pope Honorius III 1223 - Outlines the life style for the Friars Minor .

Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarum    was issued by    Pope Pius VII 1814 - Re-establishes the Society of Jesus

Sublimus Dei    was issued by    Pope Paul III 1537 - Forbids the enslavement of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Summis Desiderantes    was issued by    Pope Innocent VIII 1484 - Condemns an alleged outbreak of witchcraft and heresy in the region of the Rhine River Valley.

Supernæ    was issued by    Pope Leo X 1514 - Declares that the cardinals in a body should come immediately after the pope and precede all others in the church.

Super Speculam    was issued by    Pope Honorius III 1219 - Forbade the study of civil law and closed the schools of law in Paris.

Turbato Corde    was issued by    Pope Clement IV 1267 - Defends the Jews when the Black Death appeared at Avignon.

Unam Sanctam    was issued by    Pope Boniface VIII 1302 - Affirms the superiority of spiritual power over political power.

Unigenitus    was issued by    Pope Clement XI 1713 - Codemns Jansenism (free will and efficacious grace).

Universalis Ecclesiae    was issued by    Pope Pius IX 1850 - Recreates the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England.

Viam Agnoscere Veritatis    was issued by    Pope Innocent IV 1248 - Addressed to the King of the Mongols, in response to building an embassy.

Vox in Excelso    was issued by    Pope Clement V 1312 - Disbands the Knights Templar.

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