Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium : A Comparative Study (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies)

Gallagher, Clarence

Routledge（2019/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 294 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138250338
• DDC分類 262.00945

Full Description

This book presents a comparative study of church order in the East and West of the Christian world. It deals with the development of canon law from the 6th century, the time of Dionysius Exiguus and John Scholastikos, up to the period of Balsamon and Gratian. While the focus is upon Rome and Constantinople, the author includes in his discussion the churches under Islamic rule, in Syria and Persia, and describes the beginnings of Slavonic canon law in Moravia. The issues of church government, the discipline of the clergy (married or celibate), and the question of divorce and re-marriage are key themes. By illustrating how these were faced in the canon law of the Christian churches of late antiquity and the earlier Middle Ages, the book highlights questions of unity and diversity within the Christian tradition.

Contents

Contents: Dionysius Exiguus and John Scholastikos: Rome and Constantinople in the 6th century; The Nomokanon and the false decretals: Constantinople and Rome in the 9th century; St Methodios the Canonist: the Greek origins of Slavonic canon law; Gratian of Bologna: the consolidation of Pontifical law; Theodore Balsamon: the Orthodox church in 12th-century Constantinople; Bar Hebraeus and Ebedjesus: the development of canon law outside the empire; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.