Folia Theologica 15. (2004)

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

RULES CONCERNING BISHOPS

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I. The Collection

The Decretales Pseudo-Isidorianae arose between 847 and 852, very probable in the diocese of Reims.8 The structure of this collection is defined by the origin of its sources. At the beginning we can find papal letters9 which are followed by the text of Donatio Constantini.10 Then there are situated the conciliar canons,11 and finally more letters from popes and other authors12 until Pope Gregory II (715-731). More than half of the canonical material of this collection is false or interpolated. The text-fragments attributed to popes before Pope Damasus (366-384) are very significant. Naturally, we can find in this collection the whole material of the discipline regarding bishops from the Collectio Dionysio-Hadrianae.

II. Disciplinary material concerning bishops in the Pseudo-Isidorian Collection

The rules concerning the duties and rights of bishops can be grouped into six main themes. Naturally, this classification contains some similarities. There are the following themes: 1) the ordination of bishops;13 2) the personal qualities of bishop;14 3) the du8 Edition: HINSCHIUS, P. (ed.), Decretales Pseudo-Isidorianae et Capitula Angilramni, Lipsiae 1863 (repr. Aalen 1963). cf. STICKLER, A., Historia iuris canonici Latini. Institutiones academicae. I. Historia fontium (Studia et textus historiae iuris canonici 6), Taurini 1950'(repr. Romae 1985) 131-142. ERDŐ, Die Quellen des Kirchenrechts, 78-79. FERME, B.E., lntroduzione alla storia del diritto canonico. I. Il diritto antico ßno al Decretum di Graziano (Quaderni di Apollinaris 1), Roma 1998. 140-143.

9 Clemens I-Melchiadis, HINSCHIUS 249.

10 HINSCHIUS 249-254.

11 From the Council of Nicea (325) to the Concilium Hispalense II (658), HINSCHIUS 258-444.

12 From Pope Silvester I (314-335), cf. HINSCHIUS 449-754.

13 Anacletus 2. 18, 25; 3. 29; Annicius 1-2; Gaius 7; C. Niceanum 4; C.

Antiochenum 16, 19-20; C. Laodiceanum 57; C. Chalcedonense 25; C.

Carthaginense I. 12; C. Carthaginense III. 40; C. Carthaginense IV. 2, 8; C. Arelatense I. 20; C. Arelatense II. 5; C. Regiense I; C. Agathense 17; C.

Tarraconense 5; Cap. Martini Ep. Brae. 1-3; Iulius I. 12; Innocentius I. ad

Viet. 1; Leo I. ad Rustic. 1; Leo I. ad Anast. 4; Hilarius Synod. Deer. 4; Hilarius ad Asc. 1, 4; Iohannis III. ad episc. Germ. (HINSCHIUS 717); Pelagius IL ad Benig. Arch.