Die Verschriftlichung synodaler Entscheidungen: Beobachtungen von den Synoden des östlichen Reichsteils
The production of a written record of conciliar decisions often involves a process that starts from the stenographic recording of oral discussions and is finalised by the approval of an agreed text; yet this procedure and consecutive progression from oral expression to written text is by no means un...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter
2020
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Konzilien und kanonisches Recht in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter
Year: 2020, Pages: 1-24 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Council
/ Decision
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KCC Councils SB Catholic Church law |
| Summary: | The production of a written record of conciliar decisions often involves a process that starts from the stenographic recording of oral discussions and is finalised by the approval of an agreed text; yet this procedure and consecutive progression from oral expression to written text is by no means universal. The present paper examines several examples, principally from councils in the Greek-speaking eastern parts of the Roman Empire, that reveal a more complex entanglement of orality and writing both in the decision-making of councils and in formalising their judgements. The examination brings into focus the work of drafting commissions and individuals, in preparing texts foundational for subsequent discussions. It identifies occasions where decisions on doctrine or discipline are written up seemingly without discussion— and certainly without recording it. Conversely, other instances show that verdicts can be presented as oral when, in reality, they are doubtless merely the reading out of written statements prepared in advance. The resultant complex interweaving of orality and writing, and the observation of repeated changes between textual aggregates along the way of the preparation of conciliar records, highlights the great importance of writing and document-use often outweighing ‘live’ interaction. It requires constant scholarly attention to the working practices of secretaries and notaries by which the intentions of their editorial supervisors are inscribed onto the presentation of ‘speaking’ and ‘writing’ in councils. |
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| ISBN: | 3110684306 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Internationale Konferenz "Konziliare Entscheidungsfindung in Spätantike und Frühem Mittelalter (6.-Mitte 9. Jh.)" (2017 : Frankfurt am Main), Konzilien und kanonisches Recht in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter
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