THE PAPAL BULLS’ INFAMOUS LEGACY: “DOCTRINE
[Note from the author: This article is not a broad stroke
denunciation of Roman Catholicism — far from it. There are
many fine Catholics, good people with big hearts. However,
we must be aware that there are dark — very dark — moments
in the Vatican’s history when it certainly did not live up to its
own high moral standards. The following exposes pure truth
in an honest, resolute look at shadowy timelines in world
history known as the Papal Bulls and their subsequent 500-year
doctrine, a “Doctrine of Discovery.”]
the Pope, each and every Papal Bull is deliberate
and conscious, considered by the Vatican to be
absolute original law for all eternity. These include
statutory decrees, dogmatic pronouncements,
canonizations of saints, conferring titles to bishops,
episcopal appointments, dispensations, excommunications, apostolic constitutions, convocations, etc.
Papal Bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637 CE,
sealed with a leaden bulla
Bull — the word has connotations, yes?
For your consideration in this brief article, we
shall explore the legal fiction principle “Doctrine of
Discovery”, providing an initial eye-opening history
and evolutionary root of Bulla Pontificum, the Papal
Bull: a highest proclamation document issued by a
Roman Pontiff (pope).
WHAT IS A PAPAL BULL?
The Papal Bull is a formal statement, decree, charter,
edict or order that is legally binding as a command
or decision entered on the papal court record (as if
entered by a court or judge). Still issued today by
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