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286 RECENSIONS dicated some articles to the relation between politics and Christianity in East too (e.g., Die Orthodoxie als “vorherrschende Religion”. Einige Aspekte zum Verständnis des Verhältnisses von Orthodoxer Kirche und Politik in der neueren Geschichte Griechenlands, in Oort, J. van - Hesse, O. (Hrsg.), Christen- dum und Politik in der Alten Kirche, Leuven 2009, 77-100). In the analyzed chapter he gives detailed considerations on the Apostolic Canons, Synod of Nicaea (325), Synod of Ancyra (314). Synod of Neocesarea (315/319), Synod of Gangra (343), Synod of Antioch (341?), Synod of Laodicea (second half of the 4lh century), Synod of Constantinople I (381), Synod of Ephesus (431), Synod of Chalcedon (451), Synod of Sardica (342-343), Synod of Carthage (419), Synod of Constantinople (394). and finally the Synod of Constantinople (692) which is the so called Council of Trull or Quinisext Council. This last council approved 102 new canons which were added to the material of the above listed synods, supplemented by canons of Dionysius of Alexandria, Peter of Alexandria, St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, Athanasius of Alexandria, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nyssa. St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Amphilochius of Iconium, Timothy of Alexandria, Theophilus of St. Alexandria, Cyril of Alexandria, Gennadios of Constantinople, and canons of St. Cyprian. This composition received the name “Collectio Trullana”, however the collection itself was not arranged at the Quinisext Council, only the canons was composed there. Through Professor Ohme sketch we can get many internal new data and cognition which help to understand the particular and real atmosphere of that time and that theological and legislative work. The Third and Lourth Chapter were written by Spyros Troianos, Professor emeritus of the University of Athens, Laculty of Theology. He wrote the longest part of the observed period of this volume. It is a great privilege for any canon law historian to read and enjoy that delightfully lucid text which has been worked smoothly into a highest quality flowing text by that scholar who is very probable the best expert of our time of the Byzantine canon law and its history. He does not need any introduction because his many publications - books and articles - and his extraordinary scientific activity. Professor Troianos’s profound and indispensable scientific work at many fields of the Byzantine canon law basically was published in Greek. This is the reason why objectively remarkable the two chapters: Byzantine Canon Law to 1100 (115-169); Byzantine Canon Law from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Centuries (170-214). These hundred pages can be called validly the spine of the entire volume. It is difficult to select the most important elements of this extensive section, particularly because the writer - without doubt - the best within this research field. However, we would like to indicate the clear and crystalized description of the Byzantine canonical and nomo-canonical collections. The Byzantine collections usually named by the number of the titles which were contained in the collection, organizing the canons into systematical order. Here can be referred to the Collectio
