I see the modern Pilate so relentless, This does not sate him, but without Decretal He to the temple bears his sordid sails!
"Divine-Comedy-Longfellow-s-Translation-Complete"
Dante Alighieri
One of the boldest of these pious forgeries is the Decretal letter attributed to Constantine the Great, forged probably by Benedict of Mentz, in the ninth century.
"Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues"
John Alberger
But this Decretal speaks of the active life as concerned with the salvation of souls.
"On Prayer and The Contemplative Life"
St. Thomas Aquinas