These remained independent of each other until 1244, when Pope Innocent IV consolidated them as one order; in 1256 Pope Alexander summoned them from their seclusion to take up an active life in the world. ... It was approved in 1226 by Pope Honorius III. ... The order was formally recognized in 1216, when Pope Honorius III granted the Dominicans the necessary papal confirmation. ... It was not until 1425 that permission to hold property was granted to certain houses by Pope Martin V; it was extended to the entire order by Pope Sixtus IV in 1477. ... The office of Master of the Sacred Palace,...

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