LIST OF PAPAL BULLS

This is a very incomplete list of papal bulls by the year in which they were issued.

Year	Bull	Issuer	Description
1059	In Nomine Domini	Pope Nicholas II	Establishing cardinal-bishops as the sole electors of the pope
1079	Libertas ecclesiae	Gregory VII
1079	Antiqua sanctorum patrum	Gregory VII	Granted the church of Lyon primacy over the churches of Gaul
c. 1120	Sicut Judaeis	Callixtus II	Provides protection for the Jews who suffered from the hands of the participants in the First Crusade.
1136 (July 7)	Ex commisso nobis	Innocent II	Bull of Gniezno
1139 (March 29)	Omne Datum Optimum	Innocent II	Endorses the Knights Templar.
1144	Milites Templi ("Soldiers of the Temple")	Celestine II	Provides clergy protection to the Knights Templar and encourages contributions to their cause.
1145	Militia Dei ("Soldiers of God")	Eugene III	Allows the Knights Templar to take tithes and burial fees and to bury their dead in their own cemeteries.
1145 (December 1)	Quantum praedecessores	Eugene III	Calls for the Second Crusade.
1155	Laudabiliter	Adrian IV	Gives the English King Henry II lordship over Ireland.
1184	Ad Abolendam	Lucius III	Condemns heresy, and lists some punishments (though stops short of death).
1185	Post Miserabile	Innocent III	Calls for a Crusade.
1187 (October 29)	Audita tremendi	Gregory VIII	Calls for the Third Crusade.
1192	Cum universi	Celestine III
1199 (February 19)		Innocent III	Assigns the uniform of a white tunic with a black cross to the Teutonic Knights.
1205	Etsi non displaceat	Innocent III
1213	Quia maior	Innocent III	Calls for the Fifth Crusade.
1216 (December)	Religiosam vitam	Honorius III	Established the Dominican Order
1218	In generali concilio	Honorius III
1219	Super speculam	Honorius III
1223 (November 29)	Solet annuere	Honorius III	Approves the Rule of St. Francis.
1231 (April 13)	Parens scientarum ("The Mother of Sciences")	Gregory IX	Guarantees the independence of the University of Paris.
1232 (February 8)	Ille humani generis	Gregory IX
1233	Etsi Judaeorum	Gregory IX
1233	Licet ad capiendos	Gregory IX
1239	Si vera sunt	Gregory IX
1247	Lachrymabilem Judaeorum	Innocent IV
1252 (May 15)	Ad exstirpanda	Innocent IV	Authorizes the use of torture for eliciting confessions from heretics during the Inquisition and executing relapsed heretics by burning them alive.
1254 (October 6)	Querentes in agro	Innocent IV
1267	Turbato corde	Clement IV
1274	Ubi Periculum	Gregory X
1296 (February 25)	Clericis Laicos	Boniface VIII	Excommunicates all members of the clergy who, without autorization from the Holy See, pay to laymen any part of their income or the revenue of the Church, and all rulers who receive such payments.
1299	De Sepulturis	Boniface VIII	Prohibits the dismembering and boiling of the bodies so that the bones, separated from the flesh, may be carried for burial in their own countries.
1302 (November 18)	Unam Sanctam ("The One Holy")	Boniface VIII	Declares that there is no salvation outside the Church (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus), and that the Church must remain united.
1307 (November 22)	Pastoralis praeminentiæ	Clement V	Orders the arrest of the Knights Templar and the confiscation of their possessions.
1308	Fasciens misericordiam	Clement V	Sets out the procedure to prosecute the Knights Templar.
1308	Regnans in coelis	Clement V	Convenes the Council of Vienne to discuss the Knights Templar.
1312 (March 22)	Vox in excelso	Clement V	Disbands the Knights Templar.
1312 (May 2)	Ad providam	Clement V	Grants the bulk of Templar property on to the Knights Hospitallers.
1312 (May 6)	Considerantes dudum	Clement V
1312 (May 16)	Nuper in concilio	Clement V
1312 (December 18)	Licet dudum	Clement V
1312 (December 31)	Dudum in generali concilio	Clement V
1313 (January 13)	Licet pridem	Clement V
1317	Sane Considerante	John XXII
1323	Cum inter nonnullos	John XXI
1425		Martin V	Foundation of the Université Catholique de Louvain
1435	Sicut Dudum	Eugene IV
1439 (July 6)	Laetantur Coeli	Eugene IV
1452 (June 18)	Dum diversas	Nicholas V	Authorises Afonso V of Portugal to reduce any Muslims, pagans other unbelievers to perpetual slavery.
1455 (January 8)	Romanus Pontifex	Nicholas V	Sanctifies the seizure of non-Christian lands discovered during the ''Age of Discovery'' and encourages the enslavement of natives.
1470 (April 19)	Ineffabilis providentia	Paul II
1478 (November 1)	Exigit sinceræ devotionis	Sixtus IV
1481 (June 21)	Aeterni regis	Sixtus IV	Confirms the Treaty of Alcáçovas.
1484 (December 5)	Summis desiderantes	Innocent VIII	Condemns an alleged outbreak of witchcraft and heresy in the region of the Rhine River valley, and deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
1493 (May 4)	Inter caetera	Alexander VI	Divides the New World between Spain and Portugal.
1493 (June 25)	Piis Fidelium	Alexander VI	Grants Spain vicarial power to appoint missionaries to the Indies.
1513 (December 19)	Apostolici Regiminis	Leo X
1514	Supernæ	Leo X	Declares that the cardinals in a body should come immediately after the pope and precede all others in the church.
1520 (June 15)	Exsurge Domine ("Arise, O Lord")	Leo X	Demands that Martin Luther retract 41 of his 95 theses, as well as other specified errors, within sixty days of its publication in neighbouring regions to Saxony.
1521 (January 3)	Decet Romanum Pontificem ("[It] befits [the] Roman Pontiff")	Leo X	Excommunicates Martin Luther.
1537 (May 29)	Sublimus Dei	Paul III	Forbids the enslavement of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
1540 (September 27)	Regimini militantis ecclesiae ("To the Government of the Church Militant")	Paul III	Approves the formation of the Society of Jesus.
1543 (March 14)	Injunctum nobis	Paul III
1550 (July 21)	Exposcit debitum ("The Duty demands")	Julius III	Second and final approval of the Society of Jesus
1555 (July 14)	Cum nimis absurdum ("Since it is absurd")	Paul IV	Places religious and economic restrictions on Jews in the Papal States.
1559 (February 15)	Cum ex apostolatus officio	Paul IV	Confirms that only Catholics can be elected Popes.
1565 (January 17)	Æquum reputamus	Pius V
1570 (February 25)	Regnans in Excelsis ("Ruling from on high)	Pius V	Declares Elizabeth I of England a heretic and releases her subjects from any allegiance to her.
1582 (February 24)	Inter gravissimas	Gregory XIII	Establishes the Gregorian calendar.
1586 (January)	Coeli et terrae	Sixtus V	condemned "judicial astrology" as superstitious.
1588 (February 11)	Immensa Aeterni Dei	Sixtus V
1653 (May 31)	Cum occasione	Innocent X	Condemns 5 Jansenist propositions.
1665	Ad Sacram	Alexander VII
1713	Unigenitus	Clement XI	Condemns Jansenism.
1738	In eminenti	Clement XII	Bans Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1814	Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum ("The care of all the churches")	Pius VII	Reestablishes the Society of Jesus.
1850 (September 29)	Universalis Ecclesiae	Pius IX	Recreates the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England.
1868 (June 29)	Aeterni Patris	Pius IX	Summons First Vatican Council.
1869 (October 12)	Apostolicæ Sedis Moderationi	Pius IX	Regulates the system of censures and reservations in the Catholic church.
1871	Pastor aeternus	Pius IX	Defines papal infallibility.
1880 (July 13)	Dolemus inter alia	Leo XIII
1896	Apostolicae Curae	Leo XIII	Declares all Anglican Holy Orders null and void.
1910	Quam singulari	Pius X	Allows the admittance of Communion to children who have reached the age of reason (about seven years old).
1950 (November 1)	Munificentissimus Deus ("The most bountiful God")	Pius XII	Defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
1961 (December 25)	Humanae salutis	John XXIII	Summons Second Vatican Council.
1965 (November 18)	Dei Verbum ("Word of God")	Paul VI
1998 (November 29)	Incarnationis mysterium	John Paul II

Also note In Coena Domini ("At the table of the Lord"), a recurrent papal bull issued annually between 1363 and 1770, at first on Holy Thursday, later on Easter Monday.