Papal jurisprudence, c. 400 : sources of the canon law tradition / [compiled by] D.L. d'Avray, University College London.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

D'Avray, D. L., compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Letters, Papal--History--To 1500.

Letters, Papal.

Canon law--Sources.

Canon law.

Canon law--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

x, 302 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

In the late fourth century, in the absence of formal church councils, bishops from all over the Western Empire wrote to the Pope asking for advice on issues including celibacy, marriage law, penance and heresy, with papal responses to these questions often being incorportated into private collections of canon law. Most papal documents were therefore responses to questions from bishops, and not initiated from Rome. Bringing together these key texts, this volume of accessible translations and critical transcriptions of papal letters is arranged thematically to offer a new understanding of attitudes towards these fundamental issues within canon law. Papal Jurisprudence, c.400 reveals what bishops were asking, and why the replies mattered. It is offered as a companion to the forthcoming volume Papal Jurisprudence: Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law, 385-1234.

Contents:

State of research : Caspar and after

Texts and manuscripts

Rituals and liturgy

Status hierarchy

Hierarchy of authority

Celibacy

'Bigamy'

Marriage

Monks and the secular clergy

Heretics : Novatians, Bonosians, and Photinians

Heretics : in the shadow of St Augustine

Penance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108472937

1108472931

OCLC:

1089969662