The Decretal Epistles of the Early Popes

Contents

• The Epistle of Pope AnterusDownload book

  • The Epistle of Pope Anterus
• The Epistles of ZephyrinusDownload book

  • To All the Bishops of Sicily
• To the Bishops of the Province of Egypt.Download book

  • Preface
  • On the Spoliation or Expulsion of Certain Bishops
  • On the Ordination of Presbyters and Deacons
  • Notes by the American Editor
• The Epistles of Pope CallistusDownload book
• To Bishop Benedictus.Download book

  • Preface
  • Of the Seasons for Fasting
  • Of Accusations Against Doctors
• To All the Bishops of Gaul.Download book

  • Preface (i)
  • Of Those Who Conspire Against Bishops, or Who Take Part With Such
  • Of Those Who Have Intercourse With Excommunicated Persons, or With Unbelievers
  • That No Bishop Should Presume in Anything Pertaining to Another's Parish, and…
  • Of Marriages Among Blood-relations, and of Those Who Are Born of Them; and of…
  • Of Those Who Ought Not to Be Admitted to Prefer an Accusation, or to Bear…
  • As to Whether a Priest May Minister After a Lapse
  • Note by the American Editor
• The Epistle of Pope Urban FirstDownload book

  • Preface
  • Of the Life in Common, and of the Reason Why the Church Has Begun to Hold…
  • Of the Persons by Whom, and the Uses for Which, Ecclesiastical Property Should…
  • As to Any One's Attempting to Take From the Church the Right of Holding Property
  • Of the Seats of the Bishops
  • That No One Should Have Intercourse With Those With Whom the Bishop Has No…
  • Of the Engagement Made in Baptism, and of Those Who Have Given Themselves to…
  • Of the Imposition of the Bishop's Hand
• The Epistles of Pope PontianusDownload book

  • To Felix Subscribonius
  • To All Bishops
  • Note by the American Editor
• Decrees of FabianDownload book

  • Taken From the Decretal of Gratian
  • The Decrees of the Same, From the Codex of Decrees in Sixteen Books, From the…
• The Epistles of Pope FabianDownload book

  • To All the Ministers of the Church Catholic
• To All the Bishops of the East.Download book

  • Preface
  • That New Chrism Should Be Made Every Year, and the Old Be Burnt
  • Of the Right of Bishops Not to Be Accused or Hurt by Detraction
• To Bishop Hilary.Download book

  • Preface (i)
  • Of Those Who Ought Not to Be Admitted to the Right of Accusation
  • Of Extraneous Judgments
  • Of the Arraigned
  • Of the Case of Any One Bringing Forward a Charge in Passion, or Failing to…
  • On the Question of an Accused Bishop Appealing to the Seat of the Apostles
  • Note by the American Editor