Exponi nobis explained

Latin: Exponi nobis nuper fecisti, known in New Spain as Latin: Omnimoda, was a papal bull commissioned by Charles V and promulgated by Adrian VI on 10 May 1522.^{[1] [2]} The bull allowed members of mendicant orders in the New World to exercise "almost all episcopal authority" when no diocesan bishop was within two days' travel. These powers were later confirmed at the Council of Trent.^[3]

Under the authority of Latin: Omnimoda, missionary priests such as Martín de Valencia and Diego de Landa acted as agents of the Inquisition in the Americas. The bull also gave missionaries the authority to dispense local Catholics from impediments to marriage.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Greenleaf . Richard E. . The Inquisition and the Indians of New Spain: A Study in Jurisdictional Confusion . The Americas . October 1965 . 22 . 2 . 138–166 . 10.2307/979238 . 27 April 2024 . en . 0003-1615.
2. Book: Jeanne . Boris . Giannini . Massimo Carlo . Papacy, religious orders, and international politics in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries . 2013 . 1–250 . 27 April 2024 . en . The Franciscans of Mexico : Tracing Tensions between Rome and Madrid in the provincia del Santo Evangelio (1454-1622).
3. Book: Spicer . Andrew . Parish Churches in the Early Modern World . 5 December 2016 . Routledge . 978-1-351-91276-1 . 1486 . en.
4. Book: Gu . Weiying . Missionary Approaches and Linguistics in Mainland China and Taiwan . 2001 . Leuven University Press . 978-90-5867-161-5 . 19 . en.