• The Sacred Congregation of Rites was a congregation of the Roman Curia, erected on 22 January 1588 by Pope Sixtus V by Immensa Aeterni Dei; it had its...
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    beatification or canonization. The predecessor of the congregation was the Sacred Congregation for Rites, founded by Pope Sixtus V on 22 January 1588 in...
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    in duas Congregationes dividatur, quarum altera pro Sacramentis, altera pro Cultu Divino nominetur. [We decree that the Sacred Congregation for Sacraments...
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    Canonical coronation (category Canon law of the Catholic Church)
    authorisation of a canonical coronation through a dicastery, called the "Vatican Chapter". Subsequently, until 1989, the Vatican's Sacred Congregation of Rites was...
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    (English: Index of Forbidden Books) was a changing list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index (a...
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  • 'the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition'), was a system of partisan tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Catholic...
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  • Provisions Congregation of the Annona, for the provisioning of Rome and the provinces Congregation for Sacred Rites and Ceremonies Congregation of the Sapienza...
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    activities. It is also known by its former title, the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Latin: Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide)...
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    consultors and officials are selected to reflect the diversity of rites. This congregation has authority over: all matters which relate to the Oriental...
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    the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition. It was then renamed in 1908 as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office...
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