Folia Theologica et Canonica 11. 33/25 (2022)

Sacra theologia

THE ECCLESIOLOGICAL WRITINGS OF SAINT JEROME...

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primarily attempted to relate their summarized norms to apostolic authority. An excellent example of this is the Didache from the 2nd century - also known as “The Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles”8 - ; or the Traditio Apostolica from the 3rd century.9 For this very reason, when we speak of the ecclesiological character of the authority manifested in the Church, we must pay particular attention to the writings of the Church Fathers. The patristic sources describe in a particularly impressive way the practical consequences of the Church’s sacramentalism, and they also present in crystal-clear terms its theoretical, ecclesiological background, in other words, the unity of the Church. Among the authors - in addition to those who have already been mentioned - I must mention first of all St. Cyprian (f258)10, St. Ambrose (I397)11, St. Jerome (f419/420)12, and St. Augustine (|430)13; and among the popes, St. Leo the Great (440-461)14 and St. Gregory the Great (590-604)15, whose ecclesiological concept had the most significant influence on the future canon law collections.16 The most prominent person in this list is St. Cyprian, who speaks in several of his writings about the mandate of bishops, the preservation of the

8 Rordorf, W. - Tuillier, A., La Didaché (SCh 248), Paris 1978.

9 Botte, B., Hippolyte de Rome. La tradition apostolique d'aprés les anciennes versions (Sources chrétiennes 11 bis), Paris 1984.3

10 About his ecclesiological concept, cf. Camelot, P., Saint Cyprien et la primauté, in Istina 4 (1957) 421-434. Koch, H., Cziprianische Untersuchungen, Bonn 1926. 103. Kelly, J. N. D., Early Christian Doctrines, London 1977.5 203—207, 418—419. Daniélou, J., The Origins of Latin Christianity (A History of Early Christian Doctrine before the Council of Nicea, III), London-Philadelphia 1977. 429-467. Altaner, B., Patrology (transi. H. C. Graef), New York, N.Y. 1961.2 201-203.

11 di Berardinon, A. - Quasten, J. (ed.), The Golden Age of Latin Patristic Literature, 144-153. Cf. Toscani, G., Teológia della Chiesa in S. Ambrogio (Studia Patristica Mediolanensia 3), Milano 1974.

12 di Berardinon, A. - Quasten, J. (ed.), The Golden Age of Latin Patristic Literature. From the Council of Nicea to the Council of Chalcedon (Augustinian Patristic Institute - Rome, Patrology IV), Wesminster, Maryland 1986. 212-246. Kelly, J. N. D., Jerome. His Life, Writings, and Controversies, Peabody Mass. 1998. 210-226.

13 di Berardinon, A. - Quasten, J. (ed.), The Golden Age of Latin Patristic Literature, 342^162. Camelot, P.T., «Sacramentum fidei», in Augustinus Magister (Congrés International Augustinien, Paris, Sept. 21-24, 1954), II. 891-896. Studer, B., «Sacramentum» et «Exemplum» chez saint Augustin, in Recherches Augustiniennes 10 (1975) 87-141.

14 Arens, H., Die theologien Sprache Leos des Grosen, Freiburg 1982. Hudon, G., L ’Eglise dans lapensée de saint Léon le Grand, in Eglise et théologie 14 (1983) 305-336.

15 Dagens, C., Saint Grégoire le Grand. Culture et expérience chrétiennes, Paris 1977. Damizia, G., Lineamenti di diritto canonico nel «Registrum epistolarium» di S. Gregorio Magno, Roma 1949. Norberg, D., Critical and exegetical notes on the letters of Gregory the Great (Vitterhets-, Historie- och Antikvitets- Akademiens handlingar. Filologisk-filosofiska serien 27), Stockholm 1982. Moorhead, J., Gregory the Great, London - New York 2005.

16 Gaudemet, J., L’héritage de Gregorie le Grand chez les canonistes médiévaux, in Gregorio Magno e il suo tempo (Studia ephemeridis «Augustinianum» 34), Roma 1991. 199-221. SzuROMi, Sz. A., Patristic texts in the Collectio Canonum Anselmi Lucensis (recension 'A ’), 71-108.