Emeritus Professor Dr David d’Avray, University College London, joins the show to discuss the formation, and enforcement, of Canon law in the Late Antiquity period.
Some topics explored
- Council of Nicaea (AD 325)
- Acts of the apostles in the New Testament
- Jewish laws
- First papal canon law
- Pope Siricius
- Pope Innocent I
- Bishop Himerius of Tarragona
- Why the Christian orbit of power was in Rome
- Examples of Canon laws
- If Canon law could be changed by the Bishop of Rome (the Pope) of the time
- The fall of the Western Roman Emperor
- Emperor Constantine I, his splitting of the Roman Empire, and his convoking of the Council of Nicaea
- The dynamic and relationship between different dioceses such as Cartage and Alexandria with Rome
- Canon law in the eastern church (Constantinople)
- The East-West Schism and when Dr d’Avray believes the schism occurred
- Canon laws in different church types
- The dynamics of enforcement of Canon law
- How the process of Canon law worked including the process of correspondence between the Roman church and a separate diocese
Listen to the episode
The episode can be streamed below and is also available on major podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
Show Notes
- Emeritus Professor d’Avray is author of many publications including the books Papal Jurisprudence c. 400 (Cambridge University Press, 2019) and Papacy, Monarchy and Marriage 860-1600 (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
- In the episode Dr d’Avray graciously referred to a podcast episode with Emerita Professor Dr Rosamond McKitterick: Forming of the Papacy w. Dr Rosamond McKitterick (Ithaca Bound, April 2, 2021)
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