The Early Development of Canon Law and the Council of Serdica

By: Hamilton Hess

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Hardcover | 1 November 2002

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When first published in 1958, The Canons of the Council of Sardica, AD 343 at once became the standard account of the canons passed by the Western bishops at Sardica in 343 and the thinking on church matters that lay behind them. In this new edition Hamilton Hess has updated his account in the light of recent literature, included new materials and the full texts of the canons, and translated all quotations into English to reach a wider audience. Three new opening chapters make a fresh contribution to the study of early church history in giving a comprehensive analysis of the rise of the conciliar movement from its earliest beginnings to the fourth century establishment of councils as exclusively episcopal legislative assemblies. It is also shown that the emergence of canon law was a gradual evolutionary process leading towards the sixth-century organization of canonical collections as juridical ecclesiastical codes parallel with and complementary to the contemporary civil codes
of the Roman Empire.

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The first edition of this book rapidly established itself as the definitive analysis of a crucial moment in the emergence of canon law. By revising and augmenting it as he has, Hess has placed his establishment of the canonical texts and exegesis of their contents within the wider context of conciliar activity and collective rule-making in the early Church. It is a worthwhile and stimulating revision, which will fittingly take the place of its valued predecessor. The Journal of Theological Studies The value of the book has been greatly enhanced by adding a first part, covering the development of synodical practice from the beginnings to 343, a work in which the same comprehensive scholarship and shrewd judgement is applied to sparse and sometimes contradictory evidence ... The result is a study unique in English, a reliable guide to all the historical aspects. Journal of Ecclesiastical History ... a fine book. Journal of Ecclesiastical History

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