The Ecclesiastical Edicts of the Theodosian Code

by William K. Boyd

Publishers:

Columbia University Press; Macmillan Co.; P. S. King & Son

, 1905

Overview

This volume contains William K. Boyd’s 1905 dissertation on the Theodosian Code. Boyd found that the position of the Church in later Roman law hadn’t been studied comprehensively, despite its decisive impact on the union of secular and religious forces. Boyd stated, “The blending of civil and ecclesiastical authority in the later Roman Empire is a subject of vast and permanent historic interest. In it the philosophical historian has seen only one of the many evidences of a decline in classical civilization; while the moralist has found it to be the source of all the humane and beneficent influences of the age.”

Boyd believed that studying legislation was the best way to historically examine the permeation of good and evil in a particular society, as well as the political and social factors that influenced the church’s character. He sifts through the Theodosian Code with this perspective to glean wisdom about ecclesiastical institutions, the church’s conflict with paganism, and the influence of the edicts on medieval jurisprudence. This insightful volume will prove useful to those interested in church history, Roman history, medieval history, and ancient culture.

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Key Features

• Examines the Theodosian Code
• Uses legislation to study the effects of good and evil in Roman society
• Explores the church’s conflict with paganism, ecclesiastical institutions, and the influence of the edicts on medieval jurisprudence

Contents

• The Conflict between Paganism and Christianity, As It Appears in the Code
• Heresy and Ecclesiastical Institutions
• Heresy and Ecclesiastical Institutions (continued)
• The Relation of the Church to the Social Organization of the Empire
• The Episcopal Courts
• The Influence of the Ecclesiastical Edicts of the Theodosian Code upon Early Medieval Jurisprudence

Product Details

• Title: The Ecclesiastical Edicts of the Theodosian Code
• Author: William K. Boyd
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication Date: 1905
• Pages: 122

About William K. Boyd

William Kenneth Boyd (1879–1938) was an American historian. He studied history and English literature at Weaver College and Trinity College. He was a teacher, writer, department chair, and eventually director of libraries at Duke University. He is credited with developing Duke from a small college library into a university research library, largely due to his acquisition of the Flowers Collection. He was a member of the American Historical Association and the Methodist Episcopal Church.