| Benedictus Deus Latin for 'Blessed God' Papal bull ofPopePius IV | |
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| Signature date | 26 January 1564 |
| Subject | Ratification of the decisions of theCouncil of Trent |
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Benedictus Deus is a papal bull written byPius IV in 1564 which ratified all decrees and definitions of theCouncil of Trent. It maintains that the decrees of the Council of Trent can be interpreted solely by the Papal office itself; and enjoins strict obedience upon all Catholics, forbidding, under pain of excommunication, all unauthorized interpretation. This was seen by Church contemporaries of Pius IV as an attempt to strengthen the influence of the Papacy against the rise of Conciliarism exemplified by the Council of Trent itself.
There is a more minorbull of the same title written byBenedict XII in 1336.
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