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Canon law and episcopal authority : the canons of Antioch and Serdica /

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Christopher W. B. Stephens focuses on canon law as the starting point for a new interpretation of divisions between East and West in the Church after the death of Constantine the Great. He challenges the common assumption that bishops split between "Nicenes" and "non-Nicenes," &q...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephens, Christopher W. B. (Christopher William Barrow), 1982- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford theology and religion monographs.
Subjects:
Canon law > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church > Authority > History > To 1500.
Councils and synods (Canon law) > History > To 1500.
Church history > 4th century.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • part I. The canons of Antioch. The canons of Antioch and the Dedication Council
  • The canons of Antioch in context
  • part II. Antioch and Serdica. The Dedication Council
  • Serdica, Rome, and the response to Antioch
  • part III. Canon law and episcopal authority. Law, authority, and power
  • Constantine, control, and canon law
  • Appendix I. The canons of Antioch
  • Appendix II. Additional notes on the subscription lists
  • Appendix III. The origin of the canons: the two-collection theory.