Folia Theologica 16. (2005)

Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi: The rules concerning bishops in the Decretales. Pseudo-Isidorianae, especially the regulation on the death of bishops

RULES CONCERNING BISHOPS

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gcst.21 The 74 Title Digest contains only two rules: the metropolitan has to be present at the consecration, or he has to know about it;22 the approval of the Holy See is important for a bishop's consecration. Anselm's Collection has taken most of chapters of the 74 Title Digest which contain any rule's about bishops (64 of 75).23

3. The second type of the sources is conciliar material (nine chapters). First, the Roman Council (721) is represented by five chapters.24 The other four chapters spring from four different councils, i. e.: Council of Antioch (a. 341);25 Council of Scrdicca (a. 343);26 Council of Carthago (a. 419);27 Council of Toledo /V.28 All chapters of this type

21 Cap. 113. Nullus inuitis detur episcopus. Cleri plebis et ordinis consensus et desiderium requiratur. Tunc alter de altera eligatur ecclesia, si de ciuitatis ipsius clero, cui est episcopus ordinandus, nullus dignus, quod euenire non credimus, potuerit reperriri. Primum enim illi reprobandi sunt ut aliqui de alienis ecclesiis merito preferantur. (...) GILCHRIST. J.T. (ed.), Diuersorum, 75.

Cap. 118. In ciuitatibus quarum rectores obierint, de substituendis episcopis hec forma seruetur, ut is qui ordinandus est, etiamsi bone uite testimonio fulciatur, non laicus. non ncophitus, non secunde coniugis sit maritus, aut qui unam quidem habeat uel habuerit sed quam sibi uidam copularit. Sacerdotum enim tam excellens electio est. ut hec que in aliis membris ecclesie non uocantur ad culpam, in illis tamen habeantur illicita. GILCHRIST, J.T. (ed.), Diuersorum, 77-78.

Cap. 123. Nullus per ambitum ad episcopalem honorem permittatur accedere. Si quis autem episcopatum desiderat, data pecunia potentes personas minime suffragatrices adhibeat nec ad decretum sibi faciendum clericos uel ciues subscribere adhibito cuiuslibet generis timore compellat uel premiis aliquibus hortetur. GILCHRIST, J.T. (ed.). Diuersorum. 80. cf. Ans. 6. 3. 4, 15, 18, 19. 24, 25.41,66, 67,68,69. 73. 74. 75, 76. 77. 121. 135. 137. 141. 152. 163; Ans. 9. 49.

22 Cap. 162. Extra conscientiam metropolitan! episcopi nullus audeat ordinare episcopum; integrum est enim iudicium quod plurimorum sententiis confirmatur. Nec unus episcopus ordinare présumât episcopum, ne furtiuum beneficium presitum uideatur. Hoc enim et synodus Niceana constituit atque diffiniut. GILCHRIST, J.T. (ed.), Diuersorum, 104.

23 Cf. SZUROMI Sz.A., „Megjegyzések az Anselmi Collectio Canonum VI. könyvének forrásaihoz"’ in Kánonjog I (1999) 95-101, especially 97. SZUROMI, Sz.A., „The Rules Concerning Bishops in the ‘Anselmi Collectio Canonum ’ -Sources and Discipline-” in Folia canonica 3 (2000) 173-183, especially 175-176.

24 Capp. 299. 301, 302, 303, 307.

25 Cap. 316.

26 Cap. 327.

27 Cap. 317.

28 Cap. 312.