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| Abbreviations | |
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| Councils, Canons, and Canon Law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Conciliar Movement | |
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| The Rise of the Conciliar Movement | |
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| Early Eastern Synods | |
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| Early Western Councils | |
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| North African Councils under Cyprian | |
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| Conciliar Arrangements and Participants | |
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| Conciliar Procedure | |
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| The Vocabulary of Conciliar Procedure | |
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| The Idea of the Council | |
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| Conciliar Styles | |
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| The Emergence of Canonical Legislation | |
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| The Need for Rule-Making | |
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| Collective Rule-Making | |
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| Early Fourth-Century Councils | |
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| The Council of Nicaea | |
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| Later Eastern Councils | |
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| Councils in Italy, Africa, Gaul, and Spain | |
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| The Eastern Canonical Collections | |
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| The Western Canonical Collections | |
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| The Development of an Ecclesiastical Rule of Law | |
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| Conciliar Enactments and the Parliamentary Process | |
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| The Serdican Canons and Parliamentary Procedure | |
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| The Earliest Forms of Canonical Publication | |
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| The Significance of the Forms of Publication | |
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| Conciliar Theory | |
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| Towards the Emergence of Canon Law | |
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| The Formation of Canon Law | |
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| Serdica: The Council and its Canons | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Council at Serdica | |
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| The Historical Setting | |
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| The Preliminary Manoeuvres | |
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| The Rival Councils | |
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| Ossius of Cordova | |
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| Historical and Textual Problems | |
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| The Genuineness of the Serdican Canons | |
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| The Numbering Systems | |
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| The Problem of Textual Priority | |
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| Early Textual Transmission and Development | |
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| The Transmission of the Latin Text | |
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| The Primitive Greek Text and a Resolution of its Differences from the Latin | |
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| The Version of Theodosius Diaconus | |
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| Studies in Interpretation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Appointment of Bishops | |
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| Canon 5(VIa) | |
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| Canon 6(VIb) | |
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| Canon 13(X) | |
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| The Translation of Bishops and Other Clergy | |
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| The Historical and Disciplinary Background | |
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| Canon 1(I) | |
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| Canon 2(II) | |
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| Canon 3a(IIIa) and 3b(IIIb) | |
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| Canon 14(XI) | |
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| Canon 15(XII) | |
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| Canon 16(XIII) | |
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| Canons 18 and 19(XV) | |
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| Canon 20(XVI) | |
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| Canon 21(XVII) | |
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| The Appeal Canons | |
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| The Historical and Jurisdictional Contexts | |
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| Factors Contributory to the Formula of Appeal | |
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| The Interpretation of Canons 3c(IIIc), 4(IV), and 7(V) | |
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| Canon 17(XIV) | |
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| Episcopal Visits to the Imperial Court | |
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| Episcopal Representation and Imperial Favour | |
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| Canons 8(VII) and 10b | |
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| Canons 9a(VIII), 9b(IXa), and 10a(IXb) | |
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| Canons 11(XX) and 12 | |
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| The Numbering Systems of the Serdican Canons | |
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| Texts and Translations of the Serdican Canons | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index of Modern Authors | |
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| Index of Subjects and Names | |