Konziliare Entscheidungsfindung und das Problem der Rezeption: das Concilium Quinisextum (691/2)
The question of how and why the most extensive work of canon law of the first millennium CE was pronounced by the so-called Concilium Quinisextum (691/2) is closely linked to political and ecclesiastical crises of the seventh century. Some consideration must be given as well to the fact that the syn...
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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: 133-150 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Trullanische Synode 2. (691-692 : Konstantinopel)
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KCC Councils SB Catholic Church law |
| Summary: | The question of how and why the most extensive work of canon law of the first millennium CE was pronounced by the so-called Concilium Quinisextum (691/2) is closely linked to political and ecclesiastical crises of the seventh century. Some consideration must be given as well to the fact that the synod was received very differently in the Latin West than in the Greek East. It is from this perspective that the records of the Quinisextum, consisting merely of 102 canons, a list of episcopal subscriptions, and a logos prosphonetikos, should be interpreted. In doing so, it stands to reason that an official commission not including any representatives of the Roman Church prepared and completed the canonical work before the synod began. Synod proceedings were limited to a single session in which, following the emperor’s commencement address, the canons were read aloud and decided without further discussion through affirmative signatures of the attendant bishops. As this synod was convened to confirm the controversial Sixth Ecumenical Council (680/1) and to provide a cononical extension to it. Its conclusion was in peril when Roman legates and distinguished cathedrae within the Roman jurisdiction, who had been represented at the Sixth Council and whose endorsement had been anticipated, did not attend. This led to the decision to conclude the synod as an “ecumenical” one nevertheless by the emperor placing his signature before the bishops while the endorsement of the Roman Church was to be sought ex post facto. To this end, a total of three initiatives were necessary including violent action. A compromise was not reached until the year 711; the agreement was sealed during a papal visit to Constantinople. |
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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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