The constitutional authority of bishops in the Catholic church; illustrated by the history and canon law of the undivided church from the apostolic age to the Council of Chalcedon, A.D. 451

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... sides which, New Rome could never be what Old Rome was. The traditions of Imperial rule, law, and order could not be divorced from the " Eternal City," and the gradual decay of the Western Empire transferred these traditions from the Roman Emperor to the Roman Patriarch. We may note here that the word Patriarch was officially employed in the Acts of Chalcedon where allusion was made to the "most holy Patriarchs" of each Diocese (oa-uaTCLToi Harpidp^ai StoiKya-ews eicwTTw}} S. Leo the Great is called "the Patriarch of Great Rome," and also, in Canon xxx. of Chalcedon, the Tome of S. Leo is described as "the Epistle of the most holy Archbishop Leo" (tov wruararov 'ApxieTricrKoirov Aeoiroy). The titles of "Patriarch" and "Archbishop" did not long remain thus interchangeable. The title of "Archbishop " was reserved for the chief Metropolitans as a title of honour, and in course of time it was in certain cases used as a title of honour for certain Bishops who were not actually Metropolitans of Provinces. In the Anglican Communion the title of Archbishop belongs exclusively to the Primatial See of Canterbury, and to the principal Metropolitans who own its Primacy.2 The ecclesiastical laws concerning the Patriarchs and their powers afterwards received civil authority in the East by the Laws of Justinian, much in the same way as the Edict of Gratian had given civil authority to the jurisdiction of the Roman Patriarch. Justinian enacted that a Patriarch should be consecrated by the Bishops of his Patriarchal Synod.1 He also provided for the trial of a Metropolitan before his Patriarch.2 1 Cone. Chahed., Act 2, p. 338. 2 The Archbishops of the Anglican Communion are the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is acknowledged by the South African Church as...