| Year |
Bull (Incipit) |
Translation |
Issued By |
Description |
| 1136 |
Ex commisso nobis |
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Innocent II |
Excommunicates Saxon Pope at Magdeburg |
| 1155 |
Laudabiliter |
Laudably |
Adrian IV |
Gives English King Henry II lordship over Ireland |
| 1179 |
Manifestis Probatum |
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Alexander III |
Recognition of the kingdom of Portugal and Afonso Henriques as the first king |
| 1187 |
Audita tremendi |
Hearing what terrible |
Gregory VIII |
Calls for the Third Crusade |
| 1198 |
Post Miserabile |
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Innocent III |
Calls for the Fourth Crusade |
| 1213 |
Quia maior |
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Innocent III |
Calls for the Fifth Crusade |
| 1216 |
Religiosam vitam |
The religious life |
Honorius III |
Established the Dominican Order |
| 1223 |
Solet annuere |
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Honorius III |
Approves the Rule of St. Francis |
| 1232 |
Ille humani generis |
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Gregory IX |
Creation of Inquisition under Dominicans |
| 1233 |
Vox in Rama |
A voice in Ramah |
Gregory IX |
Creates fear of witchcraft in Germany (Saxony) |
| 1235 |
Cum hora undecima |
Since the eleventh hour |
Gregory IX |
First bull authorizing pagan friars to preach to pagan nations |
| 1245 |
Cum simus super |
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Innocent IV |
Rome claimed primacy over Eastern Churches- creating new orthodox church. |
| 1252 |
Ad exstirpanda |
For the elimination |
Innocent IV |
Authorizes the use of torture |
| 1296 |
Redemptor mundi |
Redeemer of the world |
Boniface VIII |
Named James II of Aragon as standardbearer, captain-general, and admiral |
| 1296 |
Clericis Laicos |
Lay clerics |
Boniface VIII |
Excommunicates all members of the clergy who refuse allegience to the Holy See |
| 1300 |
Antiquorum fida relatio |
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Boniface VIII |
Creates the Jubilee Years, granting indulgences |
| 1302 |
Unam Sanctam |
The One Holy |
Boniface VIII |
Creates 1st Express Trust in history for whole Planet. |
| 1307 |
Pastoralis praeminentiæ |
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Clement V |
arrest of the Knights Templar and the confiscation of their possessions |
| 1455 |
Romanus Pontifex |
The Roman pontiff |
Nicholas V |
1st Testamentary Deed & Will & 1st Crown over Land |
| 1481 |
Aeterni regis |
Eternal Crown |
Sixtus IV |
2nd testamentary Deed & Will & 2nd Crown of People as Permanent Slaves |
| 1537 |
Convocation |
Assembly |
Paul III |
3rd Testamentary Deed & Will & 3rd Crown over Souls |
| 1540 |
Regimini militantis ecclesiae |
To the Government of the Church Militant |
Paul III |
Creation of Jesuit Order |
| 1550 |
Exposcit debitum |
The Duty demands |
Julius III |
Additional powers of Jesuits |
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