The "Directa" decretal was written by Pope Siricius in February AD 385. In the Decretal, "Quod votum," unic. He himself exercised great influence on the decretal "Exiit" of Nicholas III. This was followed in 1184 by a decretal of Pope Lucius III, "Ad abolendam". The decision was inspired by the 1199 decretal "Vergentis in senium" of Pope Innocent III. Episcopal structure and the Decretal law was government as described in the New Testament.