POPES AND COUNCILS
1059:
Papal Election Law of Pope Nicholas II
1076 m/l
Pope Saint Gregory the Great to the King of Mauritania
1179:
Third Lateran Council on Papal Elections
Third Lateran Declares Certain Heretical Ordinations Invalid
1274:
Second Council of Lyons on Papal Elections
Fourth Lateran Council requires that an Episcopal See not remain vacant for more than three months
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1460
Pope Pius II
Exsecrabilis
1500's
Trent Session 22
1565 m/l
De Defectibus Decree of Trent
1800s
Pope Leo XIII pens the Saint Michael's Prayer
1917 Code of Canon Law
On Elections in General with notes applying to 1990 Papal Election
Pope Pius XII's Papal Election Law Summarized
1957
Pope Pius XII's
Guiding Principles for the Lay Apostolate
Acts of the Second World Congress of the Lay Apostolate, October 6-17, 1957
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