The Decretals.

Contents (26 chapters)

The Epistles of Zephyrinus.

1. 1. To All the Bishops of Sicily.
2. 2. To the Bishops of the Province of Egypt.
3. 3. Notes by the American Editor.

The Epistles of Pope Callistus.

1. 4. To Bishop Benedictus.
2. 5. To All the Bishops of Gaul.
3. 6. Note by the American Editor.

The Epistle of Pope Urban First.

1. 7. Preface.
2. 8. Of the life in common, and of the reason why the Church has begun to hold property.
3. 9. Of the persons by whom, and the uses for which, ecclesiastical property should be managed, and of the invaders thereof.
4. 10. As to any one's attempting to take from the Church the right of holding property.
5. 11. Of the seats of the bishops.
6. 12. That no one should have intercourse with those with whom the bishop has no intercourse, or receive those whom he rejects.
7. 13. Of the engagement made in baptism, and of those who have given themselves to the life in common.
8. 14. Of the imposition of the bishop's hand.

The Epistles of Pope Pontianus.

1. 15. To Felix Subscribonius.
2. 16. To All Bishops.
3. 17. Note by the American Editor.

1. 18. The Epistle of Pope Anterus.

The Epistles of Pope Fabian.

1. 19. To All the Ministers of the Church Catholic.
2. 20. To All the Bishops of the East.
3. 21. To Bishop Hilary.
4. 22. Note by the American Editor.

Decrees of Fabian.

1. 23. Taken from the Decretal of Gratian.
2. 24. The Decrees of the Same, from the Codex of Decrees in Sixteen Books, from the Fifth Book, and the Seventh and Ninth Chapters.

Elucidations.

1. 25. The Bishops of Rome.
2. 26. Donation of Constantine.