The Treatise on Laws (Decretum DD. 1-20) with the Ordinary Gloss

The first twenty distinctions, translated here, comprise a treatise on law in general and contain a discussion of the nature of law, voluntary action, and the power of popes, bishops, and secular authorities. Accompanying the translation of the distinctions is a translation of the so-called ordinary gloss, a commentary on the distinctions that took its final form in the thirteenth century and was usually found around the margin texts of the 'Decretum.'

Summary

This is a translation of the first 20 distinctions of "The Decretum" or "Concordance of Discardant Canons", a compilation of extracts from Church councils, Church fathers and other ecclesiastical authorities, composed in the 12th century by Gratian, a Camaldolese monk. It offers a treatise on law.

Product details

• Authors: Gratian
• Assisted by: James Gordley (Translation), Augustine Thompson (Translation)
• Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1993
• EAN: 9780813207865
• ISBN: 978-0-8132-0786-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 255 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 349 g
• Series: Studies in Medieval and Early; Studies in Mediaeval & Early Modern Canon Law
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