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papal bull
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type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church
A papal bull is an official letter or document issued by the Pope that announces important Church decisions or grants special rights and privileges. These documents have historically mattered because they carry the Pope's formal authority and have been used to make significant declarations affecting Catholics and sometimes the broader world.
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- papal document
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- described by source
- Wikitólica
- Commons category
- Papal bulls
- topic's main category
- Category:Papal bulls
- different from
- Bulla Felix
- has list
- list of papal bulls
- P8168
- Chinstrap Point
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Encyclopedic overview
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 the pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the leaden seal (bulla) traditionally appended to authenticate it.
History
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