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List of papal bulls
...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.[1]
List
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Eleventh century
| Year | Bull | Issuer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1059 | In nomine Domini ("In the name of the Lord") |
Nicholas II | Establishing cardinal-bishops as the sole electors of the pope.[2] |
| 1079 | Libertas ecclesiae ("The liberty of the Church") |
Gregory VII | About Church's independence from imperial authority and interference. |
| 1079 | Antiqua sanctorum patrum ("The old (traces of the) holy fathers") |
Granted the church of Lyon primacy over the churches of Gaul. | |
| 1095 (March 16) | Cum universis sancte | Urban II | The king or queen of Aragon could not be excommunicated without an express order from the pope.[3] |
Twelfth century
| Year | Bull | Issuer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1113 (February 15) | Pie Postulatio Voluntatis ("The most pious request") |
Paschal II | Confirming the establishment and independence of the Knights Hospitaller, and placing the Order under Papal protection. |
| c. 1120 | Sicut Judaeis ("Thus to the Jews") |
Callixtus II | Provides protection for the Jews who suffered from the hands of the participants in the First Crusade.[4] |
| 1136 (July 7) | Ex commisso nobis ("From assigned to us") | Innocent II | Split Archbishop of Magdeburg from the rest of the Polish church.[5] |
| 1139 (March 29) | Omne Datum Optimum ("Every perfect gift") | Endorses the Knights Templar. | |
| 1144 | Milites Templi ("Soldiers of the Temple") |
Celestine II | Provides clergy protection to the Knights Templar and encourages contributions to their cause. |
| 1145 | Militia Dei ("Soldiers of God") |
Eugene III | Allows the Knights Templar to take tithes and burial fees and to bury their dead in their own cemeteries. |
| 1145 (December 1) | Quantum praedecessores ("How much did our predecessors") |
Calls for the Second Crusade. | |
| 1146 (October 5) | Divina dispensatione | Calls for the Italian clergy to support the Second Crusade. | |
| 1147 (April 11) | Divina dispensatione | Calls for the Wendish Crusade. | |
| 1155 | Laudabiliter ("Laudably") |
Adrian IV | Gives the English King Henry II lordship over Ireland. |
| 1171 or 1172 (September 11) | Non parum animus noster ("Our soul extremely ") |
Alexander III | Calls for the Northern Crusades against the Estonians and Finns. |
| 1179 (May 23) | Manifestis Probatum ("It is clearly demonstrated") |
Recognition of the kingdom of Portugal and Afonso Henriques as the first king. | |
| 1184 (November 4) | Ad Abolendam ("In order to abolish") |
Lucius III | Condemns heresy, and lists some punishments (though stops short of death). |
| 1187 (October 29) | Audita tremendi ("Hearing what terrible...") |
Gregory VIII | Calls for the Third Crusade. |
| 1192 | Cum universi ("To all those...") |
Celestine III | Defined the Scottish Church as immediately subject to the Holy See. |
| 1192 (December 23) | Cum Romana ecclesia | Orders Archbishop Absalon of Lund to place the kingdom of Denmark under interdict and excommunicate Duke Valdemar if the bishop of Schleswig was not released from prison.[6] | |
| 1192 (December 23) | Etsi sedes debeat | Admonished the clergy of Denmark for allowing the bishop of Schleswig to be imprisoned and to work for his release.[6] | |
| 1192 (December 23) | Quanto magnitudinem tuam | Informs King Knud VI, that imprisoning the bishop of Schleswig is a crime, and his kingdom faces interdict if the bishop is not released.[6] | |
| 1198 | Post Miserabile ("Sadly, after...") |
Innocent III | Calls for the Fourth Crusade. |
| 1199 (March 25) | Vergentis in senium | This bull, addressed to the city of Viterbo, announced that heresy would be considered, in terms of punishment, the same as treason.[7] |
Thirteenth century
| Year | Bull | Issuer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1205 | Esti Judaeos | Innocent III | Jews were allowed their own houses of worship and would not be forced to convert. Jews were forbidden to eat with Christians or own Christian slaves.[8] |
| 1213 (April) | Quia maior ("Because a more...") |
Calls for the Fifth Crusade. | |
| 1214 (April 21) | Bulla Aurea | Ended papal sanctions against King John in England and the Lordship of Ireland in exchange for that realm's pledge of fealty to the papacy.[9][10] This bull confirmed John's royal charter of 3 October 1213 bearing a golden seal, sometimes called the Bulla Aurea.[11] Payment of the annual tribute of 1,000 marks was finally vetoed by parliament in 1365 under Edward III.[12] | |
| 1215 (August 24) | Pro rege Johanne | Declares Magna Carta "null, and void of all validity for ever" in favor of King John against the barons[13][14] | |
| 1216 (December) | Religiosam vitam ("The religious life") |
Honorius III | Established the Dominican Order |
| 1218 | In generali concilio | Demanded the enforcement of the 4th Lateran Council that Jews wear clothing to distinguish themselves and that Jews be made to pay the tithe to local churches.[15] | |
| 1219 | Super speculam | Closed law schools in Paris and forbade the study of civil law.[16] | |
| 1223 (November 29) | Solet annuere | Approves the Rule of St. Francis.[17] | |
| 1225 (June) | Vineae Domini custodes ("Guardians of the vineyard of the Lord") |
Grants two Dominican friars, Dominic of Segovia and Martin, authorisation for a mission to Morocco. | |
| 1228 | Mira Circa Nos | Gregory IX | canonizing St. Francis of Assisi[18] |
| 1230 | Quo elongati | Resolved issues concerning the testament of Francis of Assisi.[19] | |
| 1231 (April 13) | Parens scientiarum ("The Mother of Sciences") |
Guarantees the independence of the University of Paris. | |
| 1232 (February 8) | Ille humani generis | Instructed the Dominican prior of Regensburg to form an Inquisitional tribunal.[20] | |
| 1233 (April 6) | Etsi Judaeorum ("Even if the Jews") |
Demands that Jews in Christian countries be treated with the same humanity with which Christians wish to be treated in heathen lands.[21] | |
| 1233 (June) | Vox in Rama ("A voice in Ramah") |
Calls for action against Luciferians, a sect of suspected Devil worshippers | |
| 1233 | Licet ad capiendos | Marks the start of the Inquisition by the Church. | |
| 1233 (March 5) | Sufficere debuerat | Forbids Christians to dispute on matters of faith with Jews[22] | |
| 1234 | Pietati proximum | Confirms Germanic Orders rule of Kulmerland.[23] | |
| 1234 | Rex pacificus | Announcement of the Liber Extra, the collection of papal decretals.[24] | |
| 1234 (July 3) | Fons Sapientiae | Canonizes Saint Dominic[25] | |
| 1234 (November 17) | Rachel suum videns | Calls for a crusade to the Holy Land and orders Dominicans and Franciscans to preach in favour of it.[26] | |
| 1235 | Cum hora undecima ("Since the eleventh hour") |
First bull authorizing friars to preach to pagan nations.[27] | |
| 1239 (June 20) | Si vera sunt ("If they are true") |
Orders the seizure and examination of Jewish writings, especially the Talmud, suspected of blasphemies against Christ and the Church.[28] | |
| 1243 | Qui iustis causis | Innocent IV | Orders a crusade to the Baltic lands. Repeated 1256 and 1257.[29] |
| 1244 | Impia judeorum perfidia | Stated that Jews could not hire Christian nurses.[30] | |
| 1244 (March 9) | Impia gens | Ordering Talmud to be burned[31] | |
| 1245 (January 23) | Terra Sancta Christi ("The holy land of Christ") |
Calls for a crusade to the Holy Land.[32] | |
| 1245 (March 5) | Dei patris immensa ("God the Father's immense...") |
Exposition of the Christian faith, and urged Mongols to accept baptism.[33] | |
| 1245 (March 13) | Cum non solum ("With not only...") |
Appeal to the Mongols to desist from attacking Christians and other nations, and an enquiry as to their future intentions.[33] Innocent expresses desire for peace (possibly unaware that in the Mongol vocabulary, "peace" is a synonym for "subjection").[34] | |
| 1245 (March 20) | Inter alia desiderabilia | Charges against Sancho II of Portugal[35] | |
| 1245 (late March) | Cum simus super | Letter addressed to multiple prelates and 'Christians of the East' which affirmed the primacy of the Roman Church and urged ecclesiastical unity.[36] | |
| 1245 (July 17) | Ad Apostolicae Dignitatis Apicem ("To the highest point of apostolic dignity") |
Ad Apostolicae Dignitatis Apicem was an apostolic letter issued against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II by Pope Innocent IV (1243–54), during the Council of Lyon, 17 July 1245, the third year of his pontificate. | |
| 1245 (July 24) | Grandi non immerito ("With good reason") |
Removes Sancho II of Portugal from the throne, to be replaced by his brother Afonso, Count of Boulogne. | |
| 1246 (September 13) | Ut pressi quondam | Concessio to the conversos the access to Orders | |
| 1247 (May 8) | Divina justitia nequaquam | Against blood libel Against Jews | |
| 1247 (July 5) | Lachrymabilem Judaeorum | Urged the end of persecution of the Jews based on the blood libel.[28] | |
| 1247 (October 1) | Quae honorem conditoris omnium | On the rules of the Carmelite Order[37] | |
| 1248 (November 22) | Viam agnoscere veritatis ("To know the way of truth") |
Letter addressed to Baiju, king of the Mongols, in response to his embassy.[38] | |
| 1249 | De indulgencia xi dierum | An indulgence to all the faithful who visit the Shrine of St. Margaret in Scotland | |
| 1252 (May 15) | Ad exstirpanda ("For the elimination") |
Authorizes the use of torture for eliciting confessions from heretics during the Inquisition and executing relapsed heretics by burning them alive.[39] | |
| 1254 (October 6) | Querentes in agro | Recognised the University of Oxford and "confirmed its liberties, ancient customs and approved statutes".[40] | |
| 1255 | Clara claris praeclara ("Clare outstandingly clear") |
Alexander IV | On the canonization of St. Clare of Assisi[41] |
| 1255 (April 6) | Inter ea quae placita ("Among those pleasing") |
Confirms the establishment of the University of Salamanca[42] | |
| 1255 (September 22) | Dignum arbitramur ("We consider suitable") |
Grants that degrees conferred by the University of Salamanca be valid everywhere[43] | |
| 1255 (April 14) | Quasi lignum vitae | Rejects all measures against dominican professors at the University of Paris; ends the numerus clausus for the chairs of theology.[44] | |
| 1256 | Ut negotium | Alexander IV | Allowed the inquisitors to absolve each other for any "canonical irregularities in their important work".[45] |
| 1258 | Quod super nonnullis | Alexander IV | Ordered all papal inquisitors to avoid investigating charges of divination and sorcery unless they also
“clearly savored of manifest heresy.”[46] |
| 1263/1264 | Exultavit cor nostrum ("Our heart has rejoiced") |
Urban IV | Letter from Urban to Hulagu, discussing the arrival of Hulagu's (uncredentialed) envoy John the Hungarian, cautiously welcoming, and announcing that William II of Agen, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, would be investigating further.[47] |
| 1264 | ? | Discussion of the Egyptian threat (no mention of Mongols).[47] | |
| 1260s (undated) | Audi filia et ("Hear, O daughter, and") |
Urban IV or Clement IV |
Caution to Queen Plaisance of Cyprus to cease her unchaste ways, and marry[48] |
| 1260s (undated) | De sinu patris ("The bosom of the Father") |
Urban IV or Clement IV |
Admonishment to an unnamed nobleman to cease his adultery and return to his wife[48] |
| 1265 | Licet Ecclesiarum | Clement IV | Stated that appointments to all benefices were a papal prerogative.[49] |
| 1265 | Parvus fons | Strengthened the general chapter of the Cistercians[50] | |
| 1267 (July 26) | Turbato corde ("With disturbed heart") |
Legally barred Christians from converting to Judaism.[51] | |
| 1272 | Gregory X | Confirms the "Sicut Judæis" | |
| 1272 (July 7) | "Letter on Jews" | Against the Blood Libel[52] | |
| 1273 (April 20) | Prae cunctis mentis | Sets the procedure for the Inquisition in France headed by the Dominicans.[53] | |
| 1274 | Ubi Periculum ("Where there is danger") |
Established the papal conclave as the method of selection for a pope, imposing progressively stricter restrictions on cardinals the longer a conclave lasted to encourage a quick selection. | |
| 1278 (August 4) | Vineam Sorec | Nicholas III | Ordering conversion sermons to Jews |
| 1279 | Exiit qui seminat | Confirming the rules of the Friar Minor[54] | |
| 1281 | Ad fructus uberes | Martin IV | Gave Franciscan priests the right to preach and hear confession.[55] |
| 1283 | Exultantes | Relaxed the restrictions on poverty for Franciscans.[55] | |
| 1288 | Habet carissima filia | Nicholas IV | Letter sent to Christian women at the court of the Mongol Ilkhan[56] |
| 1289 | Supra Motem | On the Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis[57] | |
| 1291 (January 30) | Orat mater ecclesia | To protect the Roman Jews from oppression | |
| 1291 (March) | Prae cunctis | Authorized the Franciscans to start the inquisition in Bosnia.[58] | |
| 1291 | Gaudemus in Domino | Letter sent to Arghun's third wife, Uruk Khatun, the mother of Nicholas (Oljeitu), Arghun's successor.[56] | |
| 1291 | Pastoralis officii | Letter sent to two young Mongol princes, Saron and Cassian, urging their conversion to Christianity.[56] | |
| 1296 (January 20) | Redemptor mundi ("Redeemer of the world") |
Boniface VIII | Named James II of Aragon as standardbearer, captain-general, and admiral of the Roman Church. |