decreta

(that is without a request having been made to the Holy See), they are called decreta, though this name has also a more general significance (see DECREES).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Wolfius well saith in his astrological [5901] dialogue, non sunt praetoriana decreta, they be but conjectures, the stars incline, but not enforce,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

These secondary causes hence derived, are commonly so powerful, that (as [1324] Wolfius holds) saepe mutant decreta siderum, they do often alter the primary causes, and decrees of the heavens.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Ego quoque dedi illis decreta non bona, were not good, and judgments whereby they et judicia in quibus ton vivent. should not live;

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If we seek a good life by studying philosophy, do we need to study only decreta, or also praecepta?

Seneca Vogt, Katja 2007

[2096] Opiniones quasvis et decreta contra verbum Dei astruunt, ne non offendant patronum, sed ut retineant favorem procerum, et populi plausum, sibique ipsis opes accumulent.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Tunc ego accedens ad monasterium canonum Nicaenorum decreta relegi, in quibus continetur: quia si quae reliquerit virum et thorum, in quo bene vexit, spreverit, dicens quia non sit ei portio in illa caelestis regni gloria qui fuerit coniugio copulatus, anathema sit.

A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Eugene A. Hecker

Romam vinctum adduci nuntiatum est, Marius consul absens factus et ei decreta provincia Gallia; isque Kalendis Januariis [639] magna gloria consul triumphavit.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

Itaque quintum jam mensem socius et amicus populi Romani armis obsessus teneor, neque mihi Micipsae patris mei beneficia neque vestra decreta auxiliantur; ferro an fame acrius urguear incertus sum.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

In _Ann. _ iii. 60 he speaks with pride of the republic: 'Magna eius diei species fuit, quo senatus maiorum beneficia, sociorum pacta, regum etiam, qui ante vim Romanam valuerant, decreta ipsorumque numinum religiones introspexit, libero, ut quondam, quid firmaret mutaretve.'

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills