This included decrees on the pastoral office of bishops ( Christus Dominus ), the life of persons in religious orders ( expanded and modified from earlier sessions, finally titled Perfectæ Caritatis ), education for the priesthood ( Optatam Totius ), Christian education ( Gravissimum Educationis ), and the role of the laity ( Apostolicam Actuositatem ).

The Decree Perfectae Caritatis was published in order to, " treat of the life and discipline of those institutes whose members make profession of chastity, poverty and obedience and to provide for their needs in our time " ( Perfectae Caritatis n. 1 ).

Perfectae Caritatis, the Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life, is one of the shorter documents issued by the Second Vatican Council.

The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, ( in Latin Societas Filiarum Caritatis a S. Vincentio de Paulo ) sometimes simply referred to as Daughters of Charity, is a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church.

In 1119, Stephen wrote the Carta Caritatis (" Charter of Charity "), an important document for the Cistercian Order, establishing its unifying principles.

The period that followed the promulgation Perfectae Caritatis was marked by a huge amount of experimentation in religious life.

Cîteaux Abbey was founded in 1098 by a group of monks from Molesme Abbey, seeking to follow more closely the Rule of St. Benedict, under the leadership of Saint Robert of Molesme, who became the first abbot, Saint Alberic, the second abbot, and Saint Stephen Harding the third abbot, who wrote the Carta Caritatis, that described the organisation of the order.

The lines of the Cistercian polity were adumbrated by Alberic, but it received its final form in the Carta Caritatis.

The Family of Love or Familists ( English term ) was a mystic religious sect known as the Familia Caritatis ( Hus der Lieften ; Huis der Liefde ; Haus der Liebe ; Family of Love ), founded by Henry Nicholis, also known as Niclaes.

The Carta Caritatis ( Charter of Love ) laid out their basic principles, of obedience, poverty, chastity, silence, prayer, and work.

la: Societas Filiarum Caritatis a S. Vincentio de Paulo

Soon after Fidel Castro declared Cuba a socialist state, Costa Rican President Mario Echandi ended diplomatic relations on 10 September 1961 with the island through Executive Decree Number 2, in compliance with sanctions placed on Cuba by the Organization of American States.

The NRC also imposed the Investment Policy Decree of 1975 — effective on January 1977 — that required 51 % Ghanaian equity participation in most foreign firms, but the government took 40 % in specified industries.

# One day after the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933, President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg, acting at Hitler's request and on the basis of the emergency powers in article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, issued the Reichstag Fire Decree.

This was done through the Decree on Nationalization that declared the nationalization of all large-scale private enterprises while requisitioning grain away from peasants and providing it to workers in cities and Red soldiers fighting the Whites.

One of the most direct public notices of the universal authority of the pope came in Innocent III ’ s “ Papal Decree on the choice of a German King, 1201 ".

On 26 October 1917, Vladimir Lenin signed Decree on Peace, which was approved by the Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers ', Soldiers ', and Peasants ' Deputies.

By the Decree of Kutná Hora () on 18 January 1409, the king subverted the university constitution by granting the Bohemian masters three votes.

Optatam Totius, the Decree on Priestly Training, was a document produced by the Second Vatican Council.

Presbyterorum Ordinis, the Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests, is one of the documents produced by the Second Vatican Council.

Apostolicam Actuositatem is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity.

Christus Dominus is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops.

Unitatis Redintegratio is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism.

That these serious problems are a barrier to salvation is clarified in the 2004 Vatican document, " The Decree on Ecumenism, Read Anew after Forty Years ".

* The Decree on Ecumenism, Read Anew After Forty Years-text of 2004 clarification document

" In return, the Justice Department agreed to lift the restrictions on AT & T activities contained in the 1956 Consent Decree.

Orientalium Ecclesiarum is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Ad Gentes is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church.

Inter Mirifica is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Media of Social Communications.

The first draft, entitled " Decretum de Judaeis " (" Decree on the Jews "), was completed in November 1961, approximately fourteen months after Cardinal Bea was commissioned by Pope John XXIII.

In response to the naval blockade of the French coasts enacted by the British government on the 16 May 1806, Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree on the 21 November 1806, which brought into effect the Continental System.

In South Vietnam, after the Diệm regime enacted the 10 / 59 Decree in 1959, mobile special military courts dispatched to the countryside to intimidate the rural peoples used guillotines belonging to the former French colonial power to carry out death sentences on the spot.

Regime issues Decree on Religious Communities.

As an example according to the Italian laws it is mandatory for most public offices and buildings to hoist the European Flag alongside the Italian national Flag ( Law 22 / 2000 and Presidential Decree 121 / 2000 ).

* 1933 – Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.

The court system in Oman is regulated by Royal Decree 90 / 99.

The Comisión Nacional de la Energía ( National Energy Commission ) is the regulatory body for energy systems, created by Law 34 / 1998, of 7 October of the Hydrocarbons Sector, and developed by Royal Decree 1339 / 1999, of 31 July, which approved its regulations.

* 1918 – Decree " On Red Terror " is published in Russia

* September 23 – King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the College of Petroleum and Minerals.

* September 20, 1819 – The Carlsbad Decree is issued throughout the German Confederation.

* February 28 – The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in response to the Reichstag fire, nullifying many German civil liberties.

* September 20 – The Carlsbad Decree is issued throughout the German Confederation.

* The Decree of Canopus, also called " Table of Tanis ", is a memorial stone promulgated by an assemblage of priests in honour of Ptolemy III Euergetes and his consort Berenice.

In 1902, a Royal Decree determining the origin of Rioja wines is promulgated.

By Royal Decree are appointed secretaries of state ( Article 46 ); these are subordinate to a certain minister who is fully responsible for their acts ( Subarticle 2 ).

Article 103 states that law has to determine in which cases a Royal Decree may declare a state of emergency to maintain external or internal security ; delegation is allowed.

It also states such a trial is instigated by either a Royal Decree or a decision by the House of Representatives.

Article 122 states that pardon is granted by Royal Decree, on advice by a court indicated by law.

This is further covered by Article 132: the standard organisation of provinces and municipalities and the composition and competence of their administrative organs is regulated by formal law ( Subarticle 1 ); how they are controlled is regulated by law ( Subarticle 2 ); their decisions shall only be subject to prior supervision in cases determined by law or by force of law ( Subarticle 3 ); their decisions shall only be quashed by Royal Decree and on grounds that they violate the law ( in the broadest sense: the recht ) or conflict with the public interest ( Subarticle 4 ).