Law, memory, and priestly office in Rome, c.500
This essay sets the development of Christian thinking about law and clerical office in the wider context of the discussion of office in the later Roman empire. It offers a reassessment of the work of Dionysius Exiguus, a well‐known translator from Greek into Latin of the Acts of the fourth‐ and fift...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2019
|
| _version_ | 1826267975827587072 |
|---|---|
| author | Leyser, C |
| author_facet | Leyser, C |
| author_sort | Leyser, C |
| collection | OXFORD |
| description | This essay sets the development of Christian thinking about law and clerical office in the wider context of the discussion of office in the later Roman empire. It offers a reassessment of the work of Dionysius Exiguus, a well‐known translator from Greek into Latin of the Acts of the fourth‐ and fifth‐century church councils, and a compiler of papal decretals. The essay attempts to place Dionysius’ work in its immediate Roman context, in the context of fifth‐century canonical activity, especially in North Africa, and in the more general context of the political culture of office‐holding in the late Roman polity. Central here is the tension between bureaucratic regulation and autocratic room for manoeuvre. Dionysius did not attempt fully to resolve this tension, though he did attempt to contain it. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-06T21:02:29Z |
| format | Journal article |
| id | oxford-uuid:3b59f69e-86c0-4ea1-ac7a-1ab34a81f99f |
| institution | University of Oxford |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-06T21:02:29Z |
| publishDate | 2019 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oxford-uuid:3b59f69e-86c0-4ea1-ac7a-1ab34a81f99f2022-03-26T14:07:05ZLaw, memory, and priestly office in Rome, c.500Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3b59f69e-86c0-4ea1-ac7a-1ab34a81f99fEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2019Leyser, CThis essay sets the development of Christian thinking about law and clerical office in the wider context of the discussion of office in the later Roman empire. It offers a reassessment of the work of Dionysius Exiguus, a well‐known translator from Greek into Latin of the Acts of the fourth‐ and fifth‐century church councils, and a compiler of papal decretals. The essay attempts to place Dionysius’ work in its immediate Roman context, in the context of fifth‐century canonical activity, especially in North Africa, and in the more general context of the political culture of office‐holding in the late Roman polity. Central here is the tension between bureaucratic regulation and autocratic room for manoeuvre. Dionysius did not attempt fully to resolve this tension, though he did attempt to contain it. |
| spellingShingle | Leyser, C Law, memory, and priestly office in Rome, c.500 |
| title | Law, memory, and priestly office in Rome, c.500 |
| title_full | Law, memory, and priestly office in Rome, c.500 |
| title_fullStr | Law, memory, and priestly office in Rome, c.500 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Law, memory, and priestly office in Rome, c.500 |
| title_short | Law, memory, and priestly office in Rome, c.500 |
| title_sort | law memory and priestly office in rome c 500 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT leyserc lawmemoryandpriestlyofficeinromec500 |