Talk:Decretum Gelasianum

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This article needs a more careful explanation of the complicated history of the so-called Decretum Gelasianum— by an editor who has profited by reading the External link, for a start. --Wetman 30 June 2005 02:25 (UTC)

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This was sent to the Wikipedia helpdesk email address; could someone more knowledgeable please verify this? Mindspillage (spill yours?) 2 July 2005 02:49 (UTC)

In the hyperlink below Decretum Gelasianum:
<http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/decretum.html> what follows the words
"III. Item dictum est:" is a forgery. And it can be verified beyond
absolutely any doubt by noticing that dates do not coincide. It says
that it authorizes to read the documents of the synod of Ephesus, but
this was in the year 431, so it is impossible that it can be referred to
by a synod that took place in 382. The same happens with the synod of
Chalcedon which took place en 451! And many inconsistencies like this
can be found. This is mortal to any service of information and it kills
the credibility of institutions, so it must be corrected as soon as
possible.