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Canon Law * Canonical Citations, Pre-codified canon law
This page includes: Introductory remarks • Ius Antiquum • Gratian and the Decretists • Pre-Gregorian Decretal Law • Ius Decretalium • Decretalists • History of Canon Law • Other
Introductory remarks
Basically, Gasparri suggests the following sequence:
This plan has the obvious attractiveness of cleanly breaking legal history into distinct, sequential periods. But law, like life, is not always so neatly arranged. Gasparri's timeline overlooks the radical difference in organization that decretal law under Gregory brought about. In fact, by the time of Trent, decretist commentary had all but ceased, and for all practical purposes canon law was dominated by the decretalists until the codifications of the twentieth century.
I suggest that the following sequence more accurately reflects what happened in canon law during the second millennium:
Significant reference works in pre-codified canon law
Taunton, Cyclopaedia • Ethelred Taunton (1857-1907), The Law of the Church: A Cyclopaedia of Canon Law for English-Speaking Countries (Herder, 1906) 652 pp. Note: Taunton's Cyclopaedia is available on-line at Google Book Search.
Period: Ius antiquum
74 Titles • John Gilchrist, The Collection in 74 Titles: a Canon Law manual of the Gregorian reform (Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies, 1980) 288 pp. Reviews: =. See generally J. Gilchrist, "Seventy-Four Titles, Collection of" NCE2 XIII: 39.
Period: Gratian and the decretists
Paucapalea, Summa • J. von Schulte, ed., Die Summa des Paucapalea über das Decretum Gratiani (Emil Roth, 1890). On the importance of Paucapalea, see e.g., P. Torquebiau, “Corpus Iuris Canonici”, DDC IV: 610-64 esp. “Les Palae” 614-615, and T. McLaughlin, "Paucapalea" NCE2 XI: 1.
Rolandus, Summa • F. Thaner, ed., Die Summa Magistri Rolandi nachmals Papstes Alexander III (Wagner’Schen, 1874). On the importance of Rolandus, see e.g., M. Pacaut, "Roland Bandinelli (Alexander III)", DDC VII: 702-726.
Rufinus, Summa • H. Singer, ed., Rufinus von Bologna (Magister Rufinus) Summa Decretorum (Ferdinand Schöningh, 1963).On the importance of Rufinus, see e.g., R. Benson, "Rufin", DDC VII: 779-784, and L. Boyle, "Rufinus" NCE2 XII: 403-404.
Stephanus, Summa • J. von Schulte, ed., Die Summa des Stephanus Tornacensis über das Decretum Gratiani (Emil Roth, 1891). On the importance of Stephanus, see e.g. =.
Summa Parisiensis • T. McLaughlin, ed., The Summa Parisiensis on the Decretum Gratiani (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1952). On the importance of the Summa Parisiensis, see e.g., C. Lefebvre, "Parisiensis (Summa)", DDC VI: 1230-1231.
Robert, Poenitentialis • Francis Firth, ed., Robert of Flamborough, Liber Poenitentialis, a Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes (Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1971). Review: T. Halton, The Jurist 33 (1973) 109-110. On the importance of Robert's Liber Poenitentialis, see e.g. F. Firth, "Robert of Flamborough" NCE2 XII: 267-268.
Pre-Gregorian decretal law
A. Friedberg, ed., Quinque compilationes antiquae: nec non collectio canonum lipsiensis, (Tauchnitz, 1882). On the importance of the Quinque Compilationes Antiquae, see e.g., R. Naz, "Compilationes (Quinque-Antiquae)", DDC III: 1239-1241, and C. Duggan, "Quinque Compilationes Antiquae", NCE2 XI: 869.
Papiensis • E. Laspeyers, ed., Bernardi Papiensis Faventini Episcopi Summa Decretalium, (Akademische Druck U. Verlagsanstalt, 1956 reprint of 1860 edition). On the importance of Papiensis, see e.g., G. Le Bras, "Bernard de Pavie", DDC II: 789-782 .
Period: Ius decretalium
See generally Quinque Libri Decretalium and Ius Novissimum.
in Sexto • A. Friedberg, ed., Corpus Iuris Canonici, Pars Secunda, Decretalium Collectiones (Lawbook Exchange, 2000) 929-1124, known commonly as the Liber Sextus.
Clem. • A. Friedberg, ed., Corpus Iuris Canonici editio Lipsiensis secunda post Aemilii Ludouci Richteri curas, Pars Secunda: Decretalium Collectiones, Clementis Papae V Constitutiones suae integretati restitutus, (Lawbook Exchange, 2000) 1125-1200.
A. Friedberg, ed., Corpus Iuris Canonici editio Lipsiensis secunda post Aemilii Ludouci Richteri curas, Pars Secunda: Decretalium Collectiones, Extravagantes tum viginti D. Ioannis Papae XXII tum communes suae integretati restitutus (Lawbook Exchange, 2000) 1201-1236.
A. Friedberg, ed., Corpus Iuris Canonici editio Lipsiensis secunda post Aemilii Ludouci Richteri curas, Pars Secunda: Decretalium Collectiones, Extravagantes Decretales quae a diversis Romanis pontificibus post sextum emanverunt, (Lawbook Exchange, 2000) 1237-1312.
Decretalists, pan-decretal commentary
de Angelis, Praelectiones • Philippus de Angelis (Italian, 1824-1881), Praelectiones Iuris Canonici, in 5 vols. (Romae: Ex Typoghraphia della Pace, 1877-1891).
Corvinus, Jus Canonicum • Arnoldus Corvinus à Beldern († c. 1608), Jus Canonicum per aphorismos strictim explicatum [1643], (Elzevirium, 1651).
Craisson, Elementa • D. Craisson, Elementa Juris Canonici ad usum Galliae Seminariorum [1866], 3rd ed., (Jouby et Roger, 1873).
Gottofredo, Summa • Gottofredo da Trano (†1245), Summa perutilis et valde necessaria domini Goffredi de Trano super titulis decretalium nouissime cum Repertorio et numeris principalium et emergentium questionum [1245] (Lugduni: in edibus Magistri Ioannis moytin alias decambray, 1519); facsimile reprint, Berlin: Scientia Verlag, 1992, 533 pp. On the authority of Gottofredo, see R. Naz, “Geoffroy de Trani ou de Trano”, DDC V: 952.
Henricus, Summa Aurae • Henricus de Segusio (c. 1200-1271), Summa (Aurea), una cum summariis et adnotationibus Nicolai Superantii [c. 1250], (Neudruck der Ausgabe, Lyon 1537, facsimile reprint, Scientia Aalen, 1962). On the immense authority of Henry of Susa, see, e.g. C. Lefebvre, "Hostiensis", DDC V: 1211-1227, and C. Lefebvre, "Hostiensis (Henry of Segusio)" NCE2 VII 134-136. See also Clarence Gallagher, Canon Law and the Christian Community: The Role of Law in the Church according to the Summa Aurea of Cardinal Hostiensis, Analecta Gregoriana no. 208 (1978) 242 pp. Review: G. Lesage, Studia Canonica 13 (1979) 488-489.
Huth, Jus Canonicum • Adamo Huth (1696-1771), Jus Canonicum ad Libros V Decretalium Gregorii IX Explicatum et per Quaestiones ac Responsa in methodum brevem et claram redactum [1731], 2nd ed., (Wolfe, 1732). On the authority of Huth, see e.g., É. Jombart, "Huth (Adam)", DDC V: 1232-1233.
Laurentius, Institutiones • Joseph Laurentius (German Jesuit, 1861-1927), Institutiones Iuris Ecclesiastici quas in usum scholarum, 2nd ed., (Herder, 1908).
Meehan, Compendium • Andreas Meehan, Compendium Juris Canonici quod in Usum Suorum Aditorum Scripsit (Roffae: Joannis P. Smith, 1899) 429 pp.
Pirhing, Jus Canonicum • Enricus Pirhing (Jesuit, 1606-1679), Jus Canonicum nova methodo explicatum, in 4 vols., (Joannis Caspari Bencard, 1674-1678). On the immense authority of Pirhing, see e.g. R. Naz, “Pirhing (Enric)” DDC VI: 1504, and B. Piskula, "Pirhing, Ehrenreich", NCE2 XI: 358.
Pirhingiana • Anon., Synopsis Pirhingiana seu SS. Canonum Doctrina ex fusioribus quinque libris Henrici Pirhing, 9th ed., (Romae: Typis S. Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1849) 808 pp.
Reiffenstuel, Jus Canonicum • Anacleto Reiffenstuel (Capuchin, 1641-1703), Jus Canonicum Universum complectens Tractatum de Regulis Juris [1700-1714], in 6 vols., rev. by Bolard/Pelletier (Ludivicum Vivès, 1864-1869).On the immense authority of Reiffenstuel, see e.g. R. Naz, “Reiffenstuel (Anaclet)”, DDC VII: 547-548, and D. Bonner, "Reiffenstuel, Anacletus (Johann Georg)" NCE2 XII: 34.
Rivet, Institutiones • Ludovico Rivet, (French Jesuit, 1871-1915), Institutiones Iuris Ecclesiastici Privati, in 2 vols., (Gregorian, 1914).
Santi, Praelectiones • Franciscus Santi (1830-1885), Praelectiones Juris Canonici quas juxta ordinem Decretalium Gregoriii IX [1885], in 3 vols., 4th ed., (Regensburg: Pustet, 1905). On the authority of Santi, see e.g. R. Charbanne, "Santi, François" DDC VII: 875.
Vallensis, paratitla • Andreae Vallensis (vulgo Del Vaulx, 1569-1636), Paratitla sive summaria et methodica explicatio Decretalium D.Gregorii Papae IX. Opus novum, Scholae ac Foro, & Decretis Concilii Tridenti [1630] , rev. ed., (Lovanii: Bernardini Masii, 1667) 623 pp.
Wernz, Ius Decretalium • Francisco Wernz (German Jesuit, 1842-1914), Ius Decretalium ad Usum Praelectionum in Scholis Textus Canonici sive Iurias Decretalium, 2nd ed., in 6 vols., (Prati, 1905-1913). On the immense authority of Wernz, “ultimus Decretalistarum”, see e. g. R. Naz, “Wernz, François-Xavier”, DDC VII: 1636-1638, and D. Oesterle, “In piam Francisci Wernz S. I. memoriam”, Gregorianum 24 (1943) 9-22.
Decretalists, topical commentary
Engel, Manuale • Ludovico Engel (Benedictine, † 1674), Manuale Parochorum de plerisque functionibus et obligationibus [1661], (Venetiis: Apud Joseph Bettinelli, 1733) 108 pp. On the authority of Engel see, e.g., G. Lepointe, “Engel ou Engl (Hanns-Ludwig)”, DDC V: 342-343.
Hilling, Procedure • Nicholas Hilling (1871-), Procedure at the Roman Curia [1908], 2nd ed., (Wagner, 1909) 375 pp.
Lega, De Delictis • Michael Lega (Italian prelate, 1860-1935), Praelectiones in Textum Iuris Canonici, De Delictis et Poenis [1910], in 2 vols., 2nd ed., (Ex Typographia Pontificii in Instituto Pii X, 1910). On the authority of Lega, see e.g. R. Naz, "Lega (Michel)", DDC VI : 371.
Many, De Ordinatione • Séraphin Many (Sulpician, 1847-1922), Praelectiones de Sacra Ordinatione (Letouzey et Ané, 1905) 667 pp. On the place of Many in canonistics, see e.g. R. Naz, "Many (Séraphin)", DDC VI: 725-726.
Martin, Roman Curia • Michael Martin (Jesuit, 1846-1915), The Roman Curia as it now exists (Benziger, 1913) 423 pp.
Sanchez, Disputationum • Thoma Sanchez (Jesuit, 1550-1610), Disputationum de S[ancto] Matrimonii Sacramento, in 2 vols., (Venetiis: Apud Ioannem Guerilium, 1613). SHMS.
Smith, Process • Sebastian Smith (American, 1845-1895), The Marriage Process in the United States (Benziger, 1893) 435 pp.
History of Canon Law
See also Suggested Readings in the History of Canon Law.
Chodorow, Theory • Stanley Chodorow, Christian Political Theory and Church Politics in the Mid-Twelfth Century: The Ecclesiology of Gratian's Decretum (University of California at Los Angles, 1972) 300 pp.
Cicognani, Canon Law • Amleto Cicognani (Italian prelate, 1883-1973), Canon Law, 2d ed., (1934) 1-423. Review: E. Roelker, The Jurist 7 (1947) 439.
Gasparri, "Praefatio" • Pietro Gasparri, "Praefatio [Codicis Iuris Canonici]", available in any monographic printing of the Pio-Benedictine Code; English trans. in Edward Peters, The 1917 or Pio-Benedictine Code in English Translation with Extensive Scholarly Apparatus (Ignatius, 2001) 1-19. On the authority of Gasparri, see e.g., W. Peters, "Gasparri, Pietro" NCE2 VI: 103-104.
Müller, Huggucio • Wolfgang Müller, Huggucio: The Life, Works, and Thought of a Twelfth-Century Jurist (Catholic University of America, 1994) 220 pp. Review: C. Reid, The Jurist 55 (1995) 401-403.
Woestman,
Special • William Woestman (Oblate Mary, 1929- ),
Special Marriage Cases
Stickler, Historia • Alphonsus Stickler (Austrian Salesian, 1910-2007), Historia Iuris Canonici Juris Latini, Historia Fontium (Augustae Taurinorum, 1950) 469 pp. Reviews: E. Roelker, The Jurist 11 (1951) 442-443; P. Fedele, Ephemerides Iuris Canonici 6 (1950) 93-94. Note: Titled as if it were the first volume of a projected three-volume work, the other two volumes were never written, so the numeric "1" may be, and should be for clarity's sake, omitted from the title.
Sweeney-Chodorow, Popes • J. Sweeney and S. Chodorow, Popes, Teachers, and Canon Law in the Middle Ages (Cornell, 1989) 342 pp. Reviews:
Van de Wiel, History • Constant Van de Wiel, History of Canon Law (Peeters, 1991) 192 pp. Review: R. Trupia, The Jurist 52 (1992) 740-741.
Van Hove, Prolegomena • Alphonsus Van Hove (1872-1947), Prolegomena ad Codicem iuris canonici [1928], 2nd ed., (Dessain, 1945) 671 pp. Review: P. Fedele, Ephemerides Iuris Canonici 4 (1948) 473-474. On the place of Van Hove in canonistics, see R. Naz, DDC VII: 1402-1403, and C. Lefebvre, Ephemerides Iuris Canonici 3 (1947) 573-575.
Other
Vodola, Excommunication • Elizabeth Vodola, Excommunication in the Middle Ages (Berkeley, 1986) 281 pp. Reviews: E. McDonough, The Jurist 46 (1986) 687-688.
Ochoa-Diez, Indices Canonum • X. Ochoa & A. Diez, Indices Canonum, Titulorum et Capitulorum Corporis Iuris Canonici (Commentarium pro Religiosis, 1964) 107 pp.
Ochoa-Diez, Indices Titulorum • X. Ochoa & A. Diez, Indices Titulorum et Legum Corporis Iuris Civilis (Commentarium pro Religiosis, 1965). Review: B. Deutsch, The Jurist 26 (1966) 265-266.
Germovnik, Indices • Franciscus Germovnik, Indices ad Corpus Iuris Canonici, 2nd ed., rev. by M. Thériault (University of St. Paul, 2000) 497 pp. Review: J. Lynch, The Jurist 61 (2001) 317-319.
Craisson, Elementa • D. Craisson (French priest, d. 1881), Elementa Juris Canonici ad usum Galliae Seminariorum [1862], 3rd ed., (Jouby et Roger, 1873). On the authority of Craisson, see J. Raffalli, DDC VI: 757.
Huguenin, Expositio • Ludovico Huguenin (French priest, 1826-1871), Expositio Methodica Juris Canonici, in 2 vols., (Gaume Fratres et J. Duprey, 1867).
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