(3) Church History (1517-Present): Notable Policies and Documents (inc. Papal Bulls)

1520 - Exsurge Domine (All Facts)

• Papal Bull issued by Pope Leo X

• Papal Bull which condemned Martin Luther’s 95 Theses as “heretical and scandalous”

1537 - Sublimis Deus (All Facts)

• Papal Bull issued by Pope Paul III

• Papal Bull which proclaimed native New World inhabitants to be “veri homines,” that is, real men and women with souls and which thus banned their enslavement

1561 - Super Universas (All Facts)

• Papal Bull issued by Pope Pius IV

• Papal Bull which proposed the creation of 14 new bishoprics in addition to the four existing ones in the Low Countries / Netherlands, thus having the Roman Catholic Church reorganize the churches of the Netherlands

• Papal Bull which alienated many nobles in these areas whose relatives were thus excluded from ecclesiastical sinecures

1570 - Regnans in Excelsis (All Facts)

• Papal Bull issued by Pope Pius V

• Papal Bull which excommunicated Queen Elizabeth of England

• Papal Bull which released those subjects of Queen Elizabeth who were still loyal to the Catholic Church from all duty of obedience to the English crown

1560 - 1966 - Index of Forbidden Books / Index Librorum Prohibitorum (All Facts)

• Changing list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index

1622 - Inscrutabili Divinae Providentiae Arcano (All Facts)

• Papal Bull issued by Pope Gregory XV

• Papal Bull which approved / founded the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith