Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium by Clarence Gallagher

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. Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium. The issues of church government, the discipline of the clergy (married or celibate), and the question of divorce and re-marriage are key themes. en, epub, <1MB, Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium - Clarence Gallagher.epub. 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. Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium(Updated) A Comparative Study (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Monographs, 8) by Clarence Gallagher. 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 of Bologna. This work presents a comparative study of church order in the East and West of the Christian world. Bar Hebraeus and Ebedjesus - the development of canon law outside the empire.Theodore Balsamon - the Orthodox church in 12th-century Constantinople.Gratian of Bologna - the consolidation of Pontifical law Law Book (Syrische Texte zum islamischen Recht: Das dem nestoriani.St Methodius the Canonist - the Greek origins of Slavonic canon law.The Nomokanon and the false decretals: Constantinople and Rome in the 9th century.

Dionysius Exiguus and John Scholastikos - Rome and Constantinople in the 6th century.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p.

Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium by Clarence Gallagher