The Early Development of Canon Law and the Council of Serdica » (Subsequent)

Hamilton Hess is Professor Emeritus, Department of Theology, University of San Francisco

This volume presents a new, revised, and expanded edition of the author's 1958 The Canons of the Council of Sardica A.D. 343 (Clarendon Press). Hess (emeritus, theology, U. of San Francisco, CA) has added chapters that describe the development of the conciliar system and canon law, he's expanded the discussion of the political and social background to the canons, and their interpretation in cases of episcopal appeals. The simultaneous production of the canons in Latin and Greek is described. The full text of the canons is provided in appendices, in the original Latin and Greek, in the Greek translation by Theodosius Diaconus, and in English. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR