The canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2)

Publication/Creation:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

The canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2) / translated with an introduction and notes by Richard Price

Series Titles:

Translated texts for historians ; Volume 74
Translated texts for historians ; v. 74.

Related/Included Titles:

Introduction --
The Council and its Setting --
Eastern Canon Law and the Quinisext Council --
The Message of the Canons --
Justinian II and Armenia --
The Roman Reaction --
Later Reception in East and West --
Manuscripts and Editions --
Date List of Canons, AD 314-870 --
The Headings of the Quinisext Canons --
List of the Quinisext Canons in Thematic Sequence --
The Conciliar Acts: Translation and Commentary --
The Address to the Emperor --
The Canons --
The Subscriptions --
Texts Cited in the Acts.
Canons. English (Price)

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Additional Author/Creators:

Price, Richard, 1947 December 10-, editor and translator
Quinisext Synod (692 : Constantinople).

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

History

Subjects:

Quinisext Synod(692 :Constantinople)
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Sources
Canon law--History--To 1500--Sources

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- 1. The Council and its Setting -- 2. Eastern Canon Law and the Quinisext Council -- 3. The Message of the Canons -- 4. Justinian II and Armenia -- 5. The Roman Reaction -- 6. Later Reception in East and West -- 7. Manuscripts and Editions -- Date List of Canons, AD 314-870 -- The Headings of the Quinisext Canons -- List of the Quinisext Canons in Thematic Sequence -- The Conciliar Acts: Translation and Commentary -- I. The Address to the Emperor -- II. The Canons -- III. The Subscriptions -- 1. Texts Cited in the Acts.

Summary:

These canons (or rules) for church organization and life and Christian morals issued at a council held in Constantinople in 691/2 form the foundation of Byzantine Canon Law. They show an intense concern to restore the proper discipline of clerical life after the chaos brought about by the Arab invasions. The rules for the laity show a concern to secure obedience to the Church's rules about marriage, proper respect for sacred space, and the suppression of customs of pagan origin. Particular interest attaches to the canons that express disapproval of certain customs of the Western Church and of the Armenian Church. Was this an attempt to impose Byzantine hegemony, or simply a revulsion at customs that seemed wrong? The Byzantine emperor tried repeatedly to get the Pope to give the new canons the stamp of his approval; his failure marks an important stage in the mounting divergence between the Greek and the Roman Churches. The translation is accompanied by full annotation, while the introduction sets the council in its historical context, in both the history of the early medieval world and the development of Eastern canon law.

Language:

English

Language Note:

Translated from the Greek.

Physical Type/Description:

xii, 212 pages : maps ; 21 cm.

Use and Reproduction:

Current Copyright Fee: GBP25.00

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937381424002486

ISBN:

9781789622362
1789622360
9781789628135
178962813X

OCLC Number:

1144115081

Barcode:

010003108159