Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Great Christian jurists and legal collections in the first millennium |
| Editors | Philip L. Reynolds |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge, UK |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Chapter | 14 |
| Pages | 297-314 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108559133 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781108471718 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Law and Christianity |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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Keywords
- "two swords"
- Rome--Religion
- bishops
- Gratian
- law
- canon law
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Gelasius I
AU - Neil, Bronwen
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Gelasius I, bishop of Rome from 492 to 496, stands at the peak of fifth-century bids for Roman primacy against the three largest churches of the Byzantine empire: those of Constantinople, Antioch, and Alexandria. Gelasius’s epistolary decretals reveal the ways in which Christianity shaped law generally, even secular (civil) law, and the ways in which law was constitutive of Christian communities and guided Christian practices. Put simply, the authority of the bishop of Rome was paramount in Gelasius’s view of how society was ordered by God, with the secular rulers and their laws coming a close second, but never before it. This chapter includes a survey of Gelasius’s views on the secular and ecclesiastical realms and on the complex relationship between the two, expressed through his letters and other works, and of their importance for the development of a theology of law. It places his decretals in the context of Roman and Gothic interests in the canons and civil law during the fifth and sixth centuries. It concludes with the reception of Gelasius’s works in the medieval West, especially the lasting influence of his “two powers” theory and its significance for later ages.
AB - Gelasius I, bishop of Rome from 492 to 496, stands at the peak of fifth-century bids for Roman primacy against the three largest churches of the Byzantine empire: those of Constantinople, Antioch, and Alexandria. Gelasius’s epistolary decretals reveal the ways in which Christianity shaped law generally, even secular (civil) law, and the ways in which law was constitutive of Christian communities and guided Christian practices. Put simply, the authority of the bishop of Rome was paramount in Gelasius’s view of how society was ordered by God, with the secular rulers and their laws coming a close second, but never before it. This chapter includes a survey of Gelasius’s views on the secular and ecclesiastical realms and on the complex relationship between the two, expressed through his letters and other works, and of their importance for the development of a theology of law. It places his decretals in the context of Roman and Gothic interests in the canons and civil law during the fifth and sixth centuries. It concludes with the reception of Gelasius’s works in the medieval West, especially the lasting influence of his “two powers” theory and its significance for later ages.
KW - "two swords"
KW - Rome--Religion
KW - bishops
KW - Gratian
KW - law
KW - canon law
U2 - 10.1017/9781108559133.014
DO - 10.1017/9781108559133.014
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781108471718
T3 - Law and Christianity
SP - 297
EP - 314
BT - Great Christian jurists and legal collections in the first millennium
A2 - Reynolds, Philip L.
PB - Cambridge University Press (CUP)
CY - Cambridge, UK
ER -