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The author of these forgeries is not known. It

is probable that they emanated from the

aggressive new church party which formed in

the ninth century at Rheims, France. It is

agreed that Bishop Hincmar of Rheims used

these Decretals in his deposition of Rothad of

Soissons, who brought the Decretals to Rome

in 864 and laid them before Pope Nicholas I.

Among those who challenged their

authenticity were Nicholas of Cusa (1401-

1464), Charles Dumoulin (1500-1566), and

George Cassander (1513-1566). The

irrefutable proof of their falsity was

conveyed by David Blondel, 1628.

An early edition is given in Migne Patrologia

Latina, CXXX. For the oldest and best

manuscript, see P. Hinschius, Decretales

Pseudo-Isidorianae et Capitula Angilramni

(Leipzig, 1863). Consult The New Schaff-