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.
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