Although the belief was widely held since at least Late Antiquity, the doctrine was not formally proclaimed until December 8, 1854, by Pope Pius IX in his papal bull Ineffabilis Deus.

It was not until 1854 that Pope Pius IX, with the support of the overwhelming majority of Roman Catholic bishops, whom he had consulted between 1851 – 1853, promulgated the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus ( Latin for " Ineffable God "), which defined ex cathedra the dogma of the Immaculate Conception:

The bull of definition of the dogma, Ineffabilis Deus, mentioned in particular the patrististic interpretation of as referring to a woman, Mary, who would be eternally at enmity with the evil serpent and completely triumphing over him.

In September 1296, he sent an indignant protest to Philip headed Ineffabilis Amor, declaring that he would rather suffer death than surrender any of the rightful prerogatives of the Church ; but he explained in conciliatory terms that his recent bull had not been intended to apply to any of the customary feudal taxes due the King from the lands of the Church.

* Regimini militantis Ecclesiae was the papal bull promulgated by Pope Paul III on September 27, 1540, which gave a first approval to the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits, but limited the number of its members to sixty.

The largest confirmed size for this species was a bull shot at the Yukon River in September 1897 that weighed 820 kg ( 1, 800 lb ) and measured high at the shoulder.

In the list of more important bulls issued by him the famous bull " In Coena Domini " ( 1568 ) takes a leading place ; but amongst others throwing light on Pope Pius V's character and policy there may be mentioned his prohibition of quaestuary ( February 1567 and January 1570 ); the condemnation of Michael Baius, the heretical Professor of Leuven ( 1567 ); the reform of the breviary ( July 1568 ); the denunciation of the " dirum nefas " ( August 1568 ); the banishment of the Jews from the ecclesiastical dominions except Rome and Ancona ( 1569 ); the injunction of the use of the reformed missal ( July 1570 ); the confirmation of the privileges of the Society of Crusaders for the protection of the Inquisition ( October 1570 ); the dogmatic certainty of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary ( November 1570 ); the suppression of the Fratres Humiliati for profligacy ( February 1571 ); the approbation of the new office of the Blessed Virgin ( March 1571 ); the enforcement of the daily recitation of the Canonical Hours ( September 1571 ); and the purchase of assistance against the Turks by offers of plenary pardon ( March 1572 ).

* September 27 – The Society of Jesus ( Jesuits ) is approved by Pope Paul III, in his bull Regimini militantis Ecclesiae.

" He was preparing a bull that would excommunicate the King of France and put the interdict over France, and to depose the entire clergy of France, when in September 1303, William Nogaret, the strongest critic of the Papacy in the French inner circle, led a delegation to Rome, with intentionally loose orders by the king to bring the pope, if necessary by force, before a council to rule on the charges brought against him.

Eugene tempered Sicut Dudum with another bull ( 15 September 1436 ) issued in response to complaints made by King Edward of Portugal that allowed the Portuguese to conquer any unconverted parts of the Canary Islands.

The result was the bull Unigenitus, dated September 8, 1713 which collected 101 propositions from the Réflexions morales and condemned them, " especially those contained in the famous propositions of Jansenius ".

The reward was a crown, and, on 27 September 1130, Anacletus ' papal bull made Roger king of Sicily.

In September 2010 a sci-fi channel show Beast Legends did an episode of the shark god utilizing animals from the natural world ; in this case, the body type of a bull shark combined with the size of megalodon.

The granting of collegiate status was confirmed on 8 September 1485 by papal bull issued by Pope Innocent VIII ( Super Dominicum Gregem ).

On September 13, 1821 Pope Pius VII with the bull Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo condemned the Carbonari as a Freemason secret society, excommunicating its members.

A fresh bull of Alexander VII in April 1655 further confirmed the society ; this was followed by a brief in September of the same year, regulating its constitution.

The papal bull ‘ In supremae dignitatis ', granted by Pope Clement VI on September 3, 1343, recognized the ‘ Studium ' of Pisa as a ‘ Studium Generale '; an institution of further education founded or confirmed by a universal authority, the Papacy or Empire.

Having received the bull of his nomination to lead the Hawaiian Islands on June 3, 1892, Father Ropert embarked for San Francisco where he was consecrated in Saint Mary's Cathedral as a bishop of the titular see of Panopolis on September 25 at the age of 53 by Archbishop Patrick William Riordan, assisted by Bishop Lawrence Scanlan of Salt Lake City and Bishop Francisco Mora y Borrell of Monterey-Los Angeles.

The Professional Bull Riders brought their Built Ford Tough Series tour to the BankAtlantic Center in September 2005 for a bull riding event, which was won by Kody Lostroh ( who ultimately became the Rookie of the Year that same year ).

Regimini militantis Ecclesiae ( Latin for To the Government of the Church Militant ) was the papal bull promulgated by Pope Paul III on September 27, 1540, which gave a first approval to the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits, but limited the number of its members to sixty.

The Spanish were briefly given territorial rights to India by Pope Alexander VI on 25 September 1493 by the bull Dudum siquidem before these rights were removed by the Treaty of Tordesillas less than one year later.

* The Mundubbera Bullarama committee runs an annual Rodeo in September, which attracts bull riders from around Queensland.

The bull hits because of the rate cut of 50 bit / s in the discount rate by the Fed chief Ben Bernanke on September 26, 2007 crossed the 17, 000 mark for the first time, creating a record for the second fastest 1000 point gain in just 5 trading sessions.

Pete the Pup ( September 6, 1929-January 28, 1946 ) was a Pit bull character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies ( later known as The Little Rascals ) during the 1920s and 1930s.

The judgment was adverse, and on 25 September 1835 a papal bull condemned both parts of the Einleitung and the first volume of the Dogmatik.

The papal bull confirming the Order of Calatrava as a Militia was given by Pope Alexander III on September 26, 1164.

In Rome he obtained possession of St. Leonard's Church, which he afterwards exchanged for that of Sant ' Agnese in Agone, September 18, 1598, and later he secured for the institute the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina ( June 11, 1606 ) which was made over to him by a papal bull of Pope Paul V, which was, however, annulled by the bull " Susceptum " of Pope Pius X ( November 9, 1906 ).

He saw the taxation as an assault on traditional clerical rights and ordered the bull Clericis laicos in February 1296, forbidding lay taxation of the clergy without prior papal approval.

In 1296, however, his position changed when he received the papal bull Clericis laicos.

Following the issue of the papal bull Clericis laicos in 1296, forbidding the payment of taxes to a secular power, Winchelsey urged his clergy in 1297 to refuse payments to Edward.

Clericis laicos was a Papal bull issued on February 5, 1296 by Pope Boniface VIII in an attempt to prevent the secular states of Europe, in particular France and England, from appropriating church revenues without the express prior permission of the pope.

Known for his very impulsive interference in international affairs, Boniface's stringent reaction was the fierce bull Clericis laicos of 1296.

Boniface's stringent reaction was the fierce bull Clericis laicos of 1296, which set off the dispute.

* 1302 – Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam ( One Faith ).

However, upon being elected Pope at the papal conclave of 1303, he released King Philip IV of France from the excommunication that had been laid upon him by Boniface VIII, and practically ignored Boniface's bull Unam sanctam, which asserted papal supremacy over secular rulers.

In the bull, Boniface states " they exact and demand from the same the half, tithe, or twentieth, or any other portion or proportion of their revenues or goods ; and in many ways they try to bring them into slavery, and subject them to their authority.

In the bull Ausculta fili (" Listen, son ", December 1301 ) Boniface VIII appealed to Philip IV to listen modestly to the Vicar of Christ as the spiritual monarch over all earthly kings.

From that council, on 18 November 1302, Boniface issued the bull Unam sanctam.

Early in 1306, Clement V explained away those features of the Papal bull Clericis Laicos that might seem to apply to the king of France and essentially withdrew Unam Sanctam, the bull of Boniface VIII that asserted papal supremacy over secular rulers and threatened Philip's political plans.

Meanwhile, Philip IV's lawyers pressed to reopen Guillaume de Nogaret's charges of heresy against the late Boniface VIII that had circulated in the pamphlet war around the bull Unam sanctam.

After the arrest of the Bishop of Pamiers by Philip IV in 1301, Pope Boniface VIII issued the bull Salvator Mundi, retracting all privileges granted to the French king by previous popes, and a few weeks later Ausculta fili with charges against the king, summoning him before a council to Rome.

* November 18 – Boniface VIII publishes the Papal bull Unam Sanctam.

Some of the most pertinent Roman Catholic expressions of this doctrine are: the profession of faith of Pope Innocent III ( 1208 ), the profession of faith of the Fourth Lateran Council ( 1215 ), the bull Unam sanctam of Pope Boniface VIII ( 1302 ), and the profession of faith of the Council of Florence ( 1442 ).

* Unam Sanctam, a bull issued on 18 November 1302 by Pope Boniface VIII

On 18 November 1302, Pope Boniface VIII issued the Papal bull Unam sanctam which historians consider one of the most extreme statements of Papal spiritual supremacy ever made.

The bull ends: In the bull, Boniface reiterates what popes since the time of Gregory VII had been declaring.

At the same time, Boniface sent out a more general bull Salvator mundi that strongly reiterated some of the same ground of Clericis laicos.

Bernard Saisset ( c. 1232 – c. 1314 ) was an Occitan bishop of Pamiers, in the County of Foix in the south of France, whose outspoken disrespect for Philip IV of France incurred charges of high treason in the overheated atmosphere of tension between the King and his ministry and Pope Boniface VIII, leading up to the papal bull Unam sanctam of 1302.

The Estates General were also meant to unite the budding nation to form a bloc against the pope, who could not accept such taxes and who proclaimed the primacy of the spiritual over the temporal ( in the papal bull Unam Sanctam of 1302, Pope Boniface VIII demands the establishment of a theocracy ).

Sapienza University of Rome was founded in 1303 with the Papal bull In supremae praeminentia dignitatis issued on 20 April 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, as a Studium for ecclesiastical studies more under his control than the universities of Bologna and Padua.

It was written during the period of the acrimonious dispute between King Philip IV and Pope Boniface VIII, which culminated in the Papal bull Unam sanctam of 1302.

* November 18, 1302: Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam.

In 1393, Lisbon was elevated from a simple diocese to an archdiocese, by a bull of Pope Boniface IX, with Dom João named as the first archbishop.