Roman and Christian Law. Reminiscences of the Roman legal order in Eastern Church legislation
Roman and Christian Law. Reminiscences of the Roman legal order in Eastern Church legislation

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims at discussing two important issues related to Constantine’s legislation: the church legislation in the fourth century and the audientia episcopalisinstitution. While briefl y dealing with the religious and historical context of Constantine’s religious policy, the study takes a journey into the history of the RomanByzantine law and the legislation body issued at the time. Further, it analyses theremnants of the Roman legal order in Eastern Church legislation, focusing on theprivilege called audientia episcopalis, offi cially recognized from the fourth centuryand practised by bishops. This institution is historically approached, the author seeking, ultimately, to uncover its remnants into nowadays Romanian church legislation

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