Bolded items have been supplied with what should be a near-final version of the apparatus fontium. In the next several years, I hope to provide all the decretal forgeries – and later, all authentic items carried over from the Hispana – with this feature. In the meantime, please regard unbolded files here as lightly revised and re-punctuated transcripts from Vat. lat. 630; a few of these have less complete source references from earlier, less ambitious stages of this enterprise.

Editions of the first sixty decretal forgeries in Part I build partly on preliminary work and a draft edition assembled by Klaus Zechiel-Eckes and Karl-Georg Schon. The files nevertheless reflect my own judgment in every respect and I am solely responsible for all errors.

First Folios

The fly leaves of Vat. lat. 630, and the first folio recto, carry texts that are not part of the False Decretals.

• Vat. lat. 630: First folios

Prefaces 

The False Decretals open with a mix of forged Pseudo-Isidorian prefatory epistles and prefatory items drawn from the Collectio Hispana and the Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana. The fifth and sixth items in the list below, that is to say the preface and the capitulatio from the Hispana, are unique to the A/B recension and were apparently included in error (see Hinschius, Decretales Pseudo-Isidorianae [Leipzig, 1863], lxiii). In their place the A1 recension provides a capitulatio tailored for Part 1 and Part 2 of the False Decretals.

• Isidorus Mercator, Preface (F)
• Aurelius of Carthage to Pope Damasus I (F)
• J3 †569, Damasus I to Aurelius (F)
• Ordo de Celebrando Concilio (H)
• Hispana Preface (H)
• Hispana Capitulatio (H)
• Canones Apostolorum (D)

Part I: Sixty Decretal Forgeries from Clement I through Melchiades

• J3 †26, Clement I to James
• J3 †27, Clement I to James
• J3 †28, Clement I to All Faithful
• J3 †29, Clement I to Julius and Julian
• J3 †30, Clement I to James and Jerusalem Christians
• J3 †15, Anacletus to All Faithful
• J3 †16, Anacletus to the Italian Episcopate
• J3 †17, Anacletus to All Clergy
• J3 †42, Evaristus to the African Episcopate
• J3 †43, Evaristus to the Egyptian Episcopate
• J3 †49, Alexander I to All Orthodox Faithful
• J3 †50, Alexander I to All Bishops
• J3 †52, Alexander I to All Bishops
• J3 †53, Sixtus I to All Bishops
• J3 †59, Sixtus I to All Bishops
• J3 †66, Telesphorus to All Bishops
• J3 †74, Viginus to All Faithful
• J3 †73, Viginus to the Athenians
• J3 †86, Pius I to All Churches
• J3 †85, Pius I to the Italian Episcopate
• J3 †104, Annicius to the Gallican Churches
• J3 †111, Soter to the Faithful in Campania
• J3 †112, Soter to the Italian Episcopate
• J3 †123, Eleutherius to the Gallican Churches
• J3 †133, Victor I to Theophilus and the Bishops of Alexandria
• J3 †139, Victor I to the African Episcopate
• J3 †147, Zepherinus to the Sicilian Episcopate
• J3 †152, Zepherinus to the Egyptian Episcopate
• J3 †160, Calixtus I to the Bishop Benedict
• J3 †162, Calixtus I to the Gallican Episcopate
• J3 †171, Urban I to All Faithful
• J3 †179, Pontianus to the Envoy Felix
• J3 †180, Pontianus to All Faithful
• J3 †187, Anterus to the Baetican and Toledan Episcopate
• J3 †190, Fabian I to All Clergy
• J3 †192, Fabian I to the Eastern Episcopate and All Faithful
• J3 †191, Fabian I to the Bishop Hilarius
• J3 †229, Cornelius to All Faithful
• J3 †226, Cornelius to the Bishop Rufus
• J3 †246, Lucius to the Gallican and Hispanic Episcopate
• J3 †257, Stephen I to the Bishop Hilarius
• J3 †256, Stephen I to All Bishops
• J3 †266, Sixtus II to the Bishop Gratus
• J3 †268, Sixtus II to the Hispanic Episcopate
• J3 †282, Denis I to the Prefect Urbanus
• J3 †283, Denis I to the Bishop Severus
• J3 †290, Felix I to the Bishop Paternus
• J3 †291, Felix I to the Gallican Episcopate
• J3 †289, Felix I to the Bishop Benignus
• J3 †297, Eutician to John and the Entire Baetican Episcopate
• J3 †298, Eutician to the Sicilian Episcopate
• J3 †315, Gaius to the Bishop Felix
• J3 †324, Marcellinus to the Bishop Salomon
• J3 †321, Marcellinus to the Eastern Episcopate
• J3 †328, Marcellus to the Antiochene Episcopate
• J3 †327, Marcellus to Maxentius
• J3 †337, Eusebius to the Gallican Episcopate
• J3 †340, Eusebius to the Alexandrine and Egyptian Episcopate
• J3 †339, Eusebius to the Campanian and Tuscan Episcopate
• J3 †355, Melchiades to Marinus, Benedict, Leontius and the Entire Hispanic Episcopate

Part II: Conciliar Material from the Hispana Gallica Corbeiensis

• De primitiva ecclesia et synodo Nicena (F)
• Constitutum Constantini (?)
• First Nicaea Preface (H)
• Second Nicaea Preface (Q)
• Council of Nicaea (H)
• Council of Ancyra (H)
• Council of Neocaesarea (H)
• Council of Gangra (H)
• Council of Sardica (H)
• Council of Antioch (H)
• Council of Laodicea (H)
• Council of Constantinople (H)
• Council of Ephesus (H)
• Council of Chalcedon (H)
• First Council of Carthage (H)
• Second Council of Carthage (H)
• Third Council of Carthage (H)
• Fourth Council of Carthage (H)
• Fifth Council of Carthage (H)
• Sixth Council of Carthage (H)
• Seventh Council of Carthage (H)
• Council of Mileve (H)
• First Council of Arles (H)
• Second Council of Arles (H)
• Third Council of Arles (H)
• Council of Valence (H)
• Council of Turin (H)
• Council of Riez (H)
• Council of Orange (H)
• Council of Vaison (H)
• Council of Agde (H)
• Council of Orléans (H)
• Council of Elvira (H)
• Council of Tarragona (H)
• Council of Girona (H)
• Council of Zaragoza (H)
• Council of Lérida (H)
• Council of Valencia (H)
• First Council of Toledo (H)
• Second Council of Toledo (H)
• Third Council of Toledo (H)
• Fourth Council of Toledo (H)
• Preface to First Council of Braga (H)
• Fourth Council of Toledo (H)
• Fifth Council of Toledo (H)
• Sixth Council of Toledo (H)
• Seventh Council of Toledo (H)
• Eighth Council of Toledo (H)
• Ninth Council of Toledo (H)
• Tenth Council of Toledo (H)
• Eleventh Council of Toledo (H)
• Twelfth Council of Toledo (H)
• Thirteenth Council of Toledo (H)
• First Council of Braga (H)
• Second Council of Braga (H)
• Capitula of Martin of Braga (H)
• Third Council of Braga (H)
• First Council of Seville (H)
• Second Council of Seville (H)

Part III: Further Forgeries Interwoven with Genuine Decretals from the Hispana Gallica Corbeiensis:

• Sylvester, Excerpta quaedam ex synodalibus gestis (F)
• Athanasius and the Egyptian Episcopate to Pope Mark (F)
• J3 †413, Mark to Athanasius and the Egyptian Episcopate (F)
• Roman Synod under Julius I (F)
• J3 †442, Julius I to the Eastern Episcopate (F)
• The Eastern Episcopate to Julius I (F)
• J3 †443, Julius I to the Eastern Episcopate (F)
• Athanasius and the Egyptian Episcopate to Liberius (F)
• J3 †506, Liberius to Athanasius and the Egyptian Episcopate (F)
• Athanasius and the Egyptian Episcopate to Felix II (F)
• J3 †505, Felix II to Athanasius and the Egyptian Episcopate (F)
• J3 †507, Felix II to the Clergy and the Whole Church (F)
• J3 †513, Liberius to All Bishops (F)
• JK 235, Damasus I to Paulinus of Antioch, First Piece (H)
• Damasus Capitulatio (F)
• J3 557, Damasus I, Second Piece (H)
• Archbishop Stephen to Pope Damasus I (F)
• J3 †573, Damasus I to Archbishop Stephen (F)
• J3 557, Damasus I, Third Piece (H, enriched with Lateran 649)
• J3 †571, Damasus I to All Orthodox Bishops (F)
• J3 557, Damasus I, Fourth Piece (H)
• J3 541, Damasus I to the Illyrian Episcopate (Cass.)
• J3 †568, Damasus I to the Italian Episcopate (F)
• J3 605, Siricius to Himerius of Tarragona (H)
• J3 613, Siricius to Various Bishops against Jovinian (H)
• J3 619, Siricius to Diverse Orthodox Bishops (H)
• J3 †651, Anastasius I to the German, Burgundian Episcopate (F)
• J3 †649, Anastasius I to Bishop Nerianus (F)
• J3 701, Innocent I to Bishop Decentius of Gubbio (H)
• J3 665, Innocent I to Bishop Victricius of Rouen (H)
• J3 675, Innocent I to Bishop Exuperius of Toulouse (H)
• J3 722, Innocent I to Bishop Felix of Nocera (H)
• J3 713, Innocent I to bishops Maximus and Severus in Brutti (H)
• J3 723, Innocent I to Apulian bishops (H)
• J3 693, Innocent I to the Macedonian Episcopate (H)
• J3 714, Innocent I to Bishop Florentius of Tivoli (H)
• J3 712, Innocent I to Probus (H)
• J3 680, Innocent I to Aurelius and Augustine of Hippo (H)
• J3 689, Innocent I to Aurelius of Carthage (H)
• J3 703, Innocent I to Aurelius of Carthage (H)
• J3 690, Innocent I to Juliana (H)
• J3 699, Innocent I to the priest Boniface (H)
• J3 696, Innocent I to Bishop Alexander of Antioch (H)
• J3 698, Innocent I to Bishop Maximian (H)
• J3 695, Innocent I to Alexander of Antioch (H)
• J3 700, Innocent I to Alexander of Antioch (H)
• J3 697, Innocent I to Bishop Atticus (Acacius) of Veria (H)
• J3 715, Innocent I to Bishop Laurentius of Siena (H)
• J3 685, Innocent I to Bishop Martianus of Nissa (H)
• J3 691, Innocent I to Bishops in Macedonia (H)
• J3 674, Innocent I to the Synod of Toulouse (Toledo) (H)
• Council of Carthage to Innocent I (Q)
• J3 708, Innocent I to the Council of Carthage (Q), fragmentary
• J3 745, Zosimus to Esitius (Hesychius) of Salona (H)
• J3 750, Zosimus to the Priests and Deacons of Ravenna (H)
• J3 787, Boniface I to the Emperor Honorius (H)
• The Emperor Honorius to Boniface I (H)
• J3 783, Boniface I to the Gallican Episcopate (H)
• J3 790, Boniface I to Hilarius of Narbonne (H)
• J3 845, Celestine I to the Gallican Episcopate (H)
• J3 821, Celestine I to the bishops of Vienne and Narbonne (H)
• J3 823, Celestine I to the Apulian and Calabrian Episcopate (H)
• J3 †878, Sixtus III to All Eastern Bishops (F)
• J3 708, Innocent I to the the Council of Carthage (Q)
• Council of Mileve to Innocent I (Q)
• J3 709, Innocent I to the Council of Mileve (Q)
• Five African Bishops to Innocent I (Q)
• J3 710, Innocent I to the Five African Bishops (Q)
• J3 711, Innocent I to Aurelius of Carthage (Q)
• J3 926, Leo I to the Abbot Eutyches (H)
• J3 929, Leo I to Bishop Flavianus of Constantinople (H)
• Flavianus to Leo I (H)
• J3 934, Leo I to Flavianus (H)
• Bishop Peter of Ravenna to Eutyches (H)
• J3 938, Leo I to the Synod of Ephesus (H)
• J3 954, Leo I to the Emperor Theodosius (H)
• J3 955, Leo I to the Empress Pulcheria (H)
• J3 968, Leo I to Pulcheria (H)
• J3 969, Leo I to the Priests Martian (Martin) and Faustus (H)
• J3 974, Leo I to Theodosius (H)
• J3 975, Leo I to Pulcheria (H)
• J3 976, Leo I to Martin and Faustus (H)
• J3 984, Leo I to Pulcheria (H)
• J3 985, Leo I to Bishop Anatolius of Constantinople (H)
• J3 987, Leo I to the Emperor Marcian (H)
• J3 989, Leo I to the Emperor Marcian (H)
• J3 991, Leo I to Anatolius of Constantinople (H)
• J3 997, Leo I to the Emperor Marcian (H)
• J3 1000, Leo I to the Council of Chalcedon (H)
• J3 1013, Leo I to Marcian (H)
• J3 1015, Leo I to Anatolius of Constantinople (H)
• J3 1025, Leo I to the Emperor Marcian (H)
• J3 1044, Leo I to the Emperor Marcian (H)
• J3 1046, Leo I to the Emperor Marcian (H)
• J3 1092, Leo I to the Emperor Leo (H)
• J3 919, Leo I to Bishop Turibius of Asturia (H)
• J3 908, Leo I to the Italian Episcopate (H)
• J3 922, Leo I to the Sicilian Episcopate (H)
• J3 903, Leo I to the Campanian, Pisan and Tuscan Bishops (H)
• J3 924, Leo I to Bishop Januarius of Aquileia (H)
• J3 1098, Leo I to Bishop Rusticus of Narbonne (H)
• J3 918, Leo I to Bishop Anastasius of Thessaloniki (H)
• J3 1086, Leo I to Bishop Nicetas of Aquileia (H)
• J3 916, Leo I to the African Episcopate (H)
• J3 1017, Leo I to Bishop Theodore of Fréjus (H)
• J3 1094, Leo I to Bishop Leo of Ravenna (H)
• J3 912, Leo I to Bishop Dioscorus of Alexandria (H)
• J3 1095, Leo I to the Bishops of Campania and Picenum (H)
• J3 1138, Roman Synod under Hilarius (H)
• J3 1139, Hilarius to Ascanius and all the Bishops of Tarragon (H)
• J3 1140, Hilarius to Ascanius (H)
• J3 1193, Simplicius to Zeno of Seville (H)
• Acacius of Constantinople to Simplicius (H)
• J3 1230, Felix III to Bishops of Sicily (H)
• J3 1214, Felix III to Acacius of Constantinople (H)
• J3 1243, Felix III to Zeno of Seville (H)
• J3 ?1359, Gelasius I, Decretum Gelasianum (H)
• J3 1270, Gelasius I to Bishops of Lucania, Bruttium and Sicily (H)
• J3 1271, Gelasius I to the Bishops of Sicily (H)
• J3 1256, Gelasius I to the Legate Faustus (Q)
• J3 1277, Gelasius I to the Emperor Anastasius (Q)
• J3 1278, Gelasius I to the Bishops of Dardania (Q)
• J3 1311, Gelasius I to the Eastern Bishops (Q)
• J3 1403, Anastasius II to the Emperor Anastasius (H)
• J3 1460, Symmachus to Caesarius of Arles (H)
• J3 1417, Roman Synod under Symmachus (DH)
• J3 1436, Roman Synod under Symmachus (DH)
• J3 1438, Synodus Palmaris Restoring Symmachus (DH)
• J3 1652, Hormisda to Emperor Justin (H)
• Emperor Justin to Hormisda (H)
• John of Constantinople to Hormisda (H)
• J3 1600, Hormisda to John of Constantinople (H)
• J3 1529, Hormisda to the Bishop John (H)
• J3 1530, Hormisda to Spanish Bishops (H)
• J3 1531, Hormisda to Spanish Bishops (H)
• J3 1656, Hormisda to Epiphanius of Constantinople (H)
• J3 1659, Hormisda to Sallustius of Seville (H)
• J3 1660, Hormisda to the Bishops of Baetica (H)
• J3 †1690, John I to the Archbishop Zachary (F)
• J3 †1689, John I to the Bishops of Italy (F)
• J3 †1709, Felix IV to All Bishops (F)
• J3 †1708, Felix IV to Sabina (F)
• J3 †1732, Boniface II to Bishop Eulalius (F)
• J3 †1744, John II to Bishop Valerius (F)
• J3 †1774, Agapitus to Bishop Antemius of Constantinople (F)
• Bishop Amator to Silverius (F)
• J3 †1787, Silverius to Amator (F)
• J3 †1801, Vigilius to Euterus (H/F)
• J3 †1979, Pelagius I to Bishop Vigilius (F)
• J3 †2022, John III to the Bishops of Germany and Gaul (F)
• J3 †2032, Benedict I to Bishop David (F)
• J3 †2056, Pelagius II to the Synod of Constantinople (F)
• J3 †2043, Pelagius II to Archbishop Benignus (F)
• J3 †2044, Pelagius II to All Bishops (F)
• J3 2125, Gregory I to Leander of Seville (H)
• J3 2430, Gregory I to Leander of Seville (H)
• J3 2876, Gregory I to King Reccared of the Visigoths (H)
• J3 2781, Gregory I to Secundinus
• J3 2947, Gregory I to Theoctista
• J3 2970, Gregory I to Augustine
• Roman Synod under Gregory I
• Roman Synod under Gregory II (D-H)
• Libellus pro synodo of Ennodius, as a Synod (E)
• Fifth Symmachian Synod (F)
• Sixth Symmachian Synod (F)
• J3 †1452, Symmachus to Laurence of Milan (E)
• J3 †1419, Symmachus to Liberius (E)

Appendices and Concluding Items:

• Capitula Angilramni
• Excerpt, Historia Tripartita, 5.17
• Chalcedon Extracts
• Excerpts from the Third Council of Constantinople
• Excerpts from Historia Tripartita, 12.8-11
• Excerpt from JK †1049, Pelagius II to Benignus