Book contents
- Papal Jurisprudence, 385–1234
- Papal Jurisprudence, 385–1234
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Sigla
- Introduction
- 1 Transformations and Long-Term Explanations
- 2 The Christian Roman Empire, c. 400
- 3 c. 400: Practical Complexities and Uncertainties
- 4 c. 400: Uncertainty about Grace
- 5 Papal Rulings and Ritual
- 6 Hierarchies
- 7 Clerical Status and Monks
- 8 Returning Heretics
- 9 Pelagianism and the Papacy
- 10 Leo I
- 11 Post-Imperial Syntheses
- 12 Early Papal Laws in the Barbarian West
- 13 Carolingian Culture and Its Legacy
- 14 1050–1150
- 15 Theology and Law
- 16 c. 400 and c. 1200: Complexity, Conversion, and Bigamia
- 17 Clerics in Minor Orders
- 18 Choosing Bishops
- Overall Conclusions
- Book part
- Select Bibliography
- Index
10 - Leo I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2022
- Papal Jurisprudence, 385–1234
- Papal Jurisprudence, 385–1234
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Sigla
- Introduction
- 1 Transformations and Long-Term Explanations
- 2 The Christian Roman Empire, c. 400
- 3 c. 400: Practical Complexities and Uncertainties
- 4 c. 400: Uncertainty about Grace
- 5 Papal Rulings and Ritual
- 6 Hierarchies
- 7 Clerical Status and Monks
- 8 Returning Heretics
- 9 Pelagianism and the Papacy
- 10 Leo I
- 11 Post-Imperial Syntheses
- 12 Early Papal Laws in the Barbarian West
- 13 Carolingian Culture and Its Legacy
- 14 1050–1150
- 15 Theology and Law
- 16 c. 400 and c. 1200: Complexity, Conversion, and Bigamia
- 17 Clerics in Minor Orders
- 18 Choosing Bishops
- Overall Conclusions
- Book part
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Leo I’s jurisprudence should be understood against the background of the earlier papal rulings available to him in the archive. He could not assume that these rulings would be generally known outside Rome, though they were being passed around. For that reason as well as for emphasis, repetition of earlier decisions was in order, but Leo I tended to draw out their logic and explain their rationale more fully than his predecessors had done. He worked within the already well-defined paradigm created by the first half-century of papal jurisprudence. Issues he dealt with included baptism’s relation to the liturgical year, the implication of penance for subsequent careers, indissolubility of marriage, pollution and celibacy, election of bishops and hierarchy.
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- Papal Jurisprudence, 385–1234Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law, pp. 106 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022