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

301 Pages·2015·1.53 MB·English

by  Stephens

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Canon Law and
Episcopal Authority
The Canons of Antioch and Serdica
CHRISTOPHER W. B. STEPHENS
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For my parents, and in memory of Roger and Stella
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Acknowledgements
My thanks are due to the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Sarum
StMichaelTrust,andtoChristChurch,Oxford,eachfortheirgeneroussupport
ofmyresearchonthissubjectoverthepastyears.IamalsogratefultoOxford
University Press and to the editorial committee of the Oxford Theology and
ReligionseriesfortheirenthusiasmandpatienceasIcompletedthisbook.
My particular thanks go to Mark Edwards, whose guidance first led me to
AntiochandtheDedicationCouncil,andwhoseteachingandinsightillumin-
atedtheirimportanceandmyexplorationsofthem.
I could not have completed this book without the support of my family,
whichhasbeenconstant.Anumberofclosefriendsofferedvaluableexpertise
and advice, which helped shape this work, notable amongst whom were my
inspiring and impressive housemates of Cripley Road, Amy Russell and
Alexandra Harris. The moral support and encouragement of many others at
Oxford, particularly the excellent Gulliver Ralston, Louise Radnofsky, and
Roger Butler, were also of the utmost importance in sustaining my work.
Finally,mythanksgotoSiônRhysEvans,whohascontributedsomuchtothe
improvementofthisworkanditsauthor.
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Contents
ListofAbbreviations xi
Introduction 1
PartI. TheCanonsofAntioch
1. TheCanonsofAntiochandtheDedicationCouncil 15
1.1 TheCanonsofAntioch:EarlyAppearancesandAttributions 15
1.2 TheCanonsofAntioch:RejectingTradition 25
1.3 LocatingtheCanonsofAntioch 35
2. TheCanonsofAntiochinContext 50
2.1 MethodologicalNote 52
2.2 TheSynodicalLetter 53
2.3 TheCanons 60
2.4 TheNeedforLegislation 80
2.5 TheCouncilofAntioch 82
PartII. AntiochandSerdica
3. TheDedicationCouncil 85
3.1 ConciliarStructure 86
3.2 TheologicalPerspectives 94
3.3 TheDedicationCouncilasDefenderofConciliarAuthority 120
3.4 TheNatureandPurposeoftheDedicationCouncil 126
4. Serdica,Rome,andtheResponsetoAntioch 131
4.1 RespondingtoAntioch 133
4.2 EcclesiasticalPolitics 145
4.3 TheRoleofandApproachtoCanonLaw 149
4.4 HeresyandPolemic 152
4.5 ConciliarStructureandAuthority 156
4.6 TheImportanceofSerdica 167
PartIII. CanonLawandEpiscopalAuthority
5. Law,Authority,andPower 171
5.1 TheAuthorityofCanonLaw 172
5.2 InfluencingFactors:theNatureofCanonLaw 186
5.3 InfluencingFactors:Codification 197