Decisions of the “Holy and Great
Council”, Held in Crete (Greece, June
16-26, 2016), on Marriage
Decisions of the “Holy and Great
Council”, Held in Crete (Greece, June
16-26, 2016), on Marriage
Author(s): Dura Nicolae V.Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: institution of marriage; synodal decisions; canonical law; nomocanonical legislation;
Summary/Abstract: One of the topics addressed in the Work Sessions of the “Holy and Great Council”,held in Crete (Greece), in June (16-26) 2016, was Marriage, especially theimpediments to marriage, a topic debated and evaluated thoroughly also at thepre-Synodal Pan-Orthodox Conferences in the light of the canon law of the EasternChurch.As the Synodal Fathers replicated some defi nitions of marriage left to us by theRoman legal experts from the 2nd-6th centuries AD, in the pages of this study,with a canonical-legal content, we have fi rst discussed the “Jus romanum” (Romanlaw), and then the Byzantine (state and church) legislation. Hence the evaluationof these synodal “decisions” also in the light of the provisions of the Code ofLaws (nomocanon) legislation, which also enjoyed a real welcome in the NorthernDanubian area ever since its very beginning, that is, from Emperor Justinian’s time(527-565).
Journal: Teologia
- Issue Year: 80/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 39-55
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
