Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium
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Anonymous Homily
Apostolic Canons
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Balsamon's Commentaries
Balsamon’s Commentaries
Bar Hebraeus
Byzantine legal tradition
canon law history
Canonical Collection
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Christian tradition
Christian world
church government
Clerical Celibacy
Clerical Continence
clerical discipline
comparative canon law development
Conciliar Canons
East Syrian
East Syrian Church
Eastern Christian jurisprudence
ecclesiastical governance
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False Decretals
Frankish Empire
Frankish Kingdoms
Innocent Iii
Islamic rule
Leo III
medieval church councils
Papal Decretal
Patriarch Photios
Pope Alexander III
Pope Hadrian II
Pope John VIII
Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals
Slavonic canon law
Syrian Orthodox Church
Theodore Balsamon
Trullan Council
XIV Titles
Product details
- ISBN 9781138250338
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 May 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Clarence Gallagher, Campion Hall Oxford, UK
