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Author Hess, Hamilton

Title The early development of Canon law and the Council of Serdica / Hamilton Hess
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 279 pages)
Series Oxford early Christian studies
Oxford early Christian studies.
Contents Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; PART I: Councils, Canons, and Canon Law; Introduction; 1. The Conciliar Movement; (i) The Rise of the Conciliar Movement; (ii) Early Eastern Synods; (iii) Early Western Councils; (iv) North African Councils under Cyprian; (v) Conciliar Arrangements and Participants; (vi) Conciliar Procedure; (vii) The Vocabulary of Conciliar Procedure; (viii) The Idea of the Council; (ix) Conciliar Styles; 2. The Emergence of Canonical Legislation; (i) The Need for Rule-Making; (ii) Collective Rule-Making; (iii) Early Fourth-Century Councils; (iv) The Council of Nicaea
(V) Later Eastern Councils(vi) Councils in Italy, Africa, Gaul, and Spain; (vii) The Eastern Canonical Collections; (viii) The Western Canonical Collections; 3. The Development of an Ecclesiastical Rule of Law; (i) Conciliar Enactments and the Parliamentary Process; (ii) The Serdican Canons and Parliamentary Procedure; (iii) The Earliest Forms of Canonical Publication; (iv) The Significance of the Forms of Publication; (v) Conciliar Theory; (vi) Towards the Emergence of Canon Law; (vii) The Formation of Canon Law; PART II: Serdica: The Council and its Canons; Introduction
4. The Council at Serdica(i) The Historical Setting; (ii) The Preliminary Manoeuvres; (iii) The Rival Councils; (iv) Ossius of Cordova; 5. Historical and Textual Problems; (i) The Genuineness of the Serdican Canons; (ii) The Numbering Systems; (iii) The Problem of Textual Priority; 6. Early Textual Transmission and Development; (i) The Transmission of the Latin Text; (ii) The Primitive Greek Text and a Resolution of its Differences from the Latin; (iii) The Version of Theodosius Diaconus; PART III: Studies in Interpretation; Introduction; 7. The Appointment of Bishops; (i) Canon 5(VIa)
(Ii) Canon 6(VIb)(iii) Canon 13(X); 8. The Translation of Bishops and Other Clergy; (i) The Historical and Disciplinary Background; (ii) Canon 1(I); (iii) Canon 2(II); (iv) Canon 3a(IIIa) and 3b(IIIb); (v) Canon 14(XI); (vi) Canon 15(XII); (vii) Canon 16(XIII); (viii) Canons 18 and 19(XV); (ix) Canon 20(XVI); (x) Canon 21(XVII); 9. The Appeal Canons; (i) The Historical and Jurisdictional Contexts; (ii) Factors Contributory to the Formula of Appeal; (iii) The Interpretation of Canons 3c(IIIc), 4(IV), and 7(V); (iv) Canon 17(XIV); 10. Episcopal Visits to the Imperial Court
(I) Episcopal Representation and Imperial Favour(ii) Canons 8(VII) and 10b; (iii) Canons 9a(VIII), 9b(IXa), and 10a(IXb); (iv) Canons 11(XX) and 12; Table 1: The Numbering Systems of the Serdican Canons; Appendix: Texts and Translations of the Serdican Canons; Bibliography; Index of Modern Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z; Index of Subjects and Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; X; Y; Z
Summary When first published in 1958, this text became the standard account of the canons passed by the Western bishops assembled at Serdica in 343 and the thinking on Church matters that lay behind them. This edition adds further material and research tools
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-267) and indexes
Notes Includes parallel Greek and English text of the Serdican canons
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SUBJECT Council of Serdica (343) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91035632
Council of Serdica fast
Subject Canon law -- History.
Canon law -- Sources
Canon law -- Sources
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- Canon & Ecclesiastical Law.
Canon law
Concilie van Serdica.
Canoniek recht.
Conciliarisme.
Genre/Form History
Sources
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191520655
0191520659
0198269757
9780198269755