The Decretal Epistles of the Early Popes
Classic translation
9th c. · Councils & Canon Law · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
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Contents
The Epistle of Pope Anterus
The Epistles of Zephyrinus
To the Bishops of the Province of Egypt.
The Epistles of Pope Callistus
To Bishop Benedictus.
To All the Bishops of Gaul.
- Preface
- 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 First
- 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 Pontianus
The Epistles of Pope Pontianus
Notes & Elucidations
The Epistles of Pope Fabian
To Bishop Hilary.