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Canon Law of Eastern Churches KB- KBZ Religious Legal Systems KBR-KBX Law of Christian Denominations KBR History of Canon Law KBS Canon Law of Eastern Churches Class here works on Eastern canon law in general, and further, on the law governing the Orthodox Eastern Church, the East Syrian Churches, and the pre- Chalcedonean Churches For canon law of Eastern Rite Churches in Communion with the Holy See of Rome, see KBT Bibliography Including international and national bibliography 3 General bibliography 7 Personal bibliography. Writers on canon law. Canonists (Collective or individual) Periodicals, see KB46-67 (Christian legal periodicals) For periodicals (Collective and general), see BX100 For periodicals of a particular church, see that church in BX, e.g. BX120, Armenian Church For periodicals of the local government of a church, see that church in KBS Annuals. Yearbooks, see BX100 Official gazettes, see the particular church in KBS Official acts. Documents For acts and documents of a particular church, see that church in KBS, e.g. KBS465, Russian Orthodox Church Collections. Compilations. Selections For sources before 1054 (Great Schism), see KBR195+ For sources from ca.1054 on, see KBS270-300 For canonical collections of early councils and synods, both ecumenical/general and provincial, see KBR205+ For document collections of episcopal councils/synods and diocesan councils and synods (Collected and individual), see the church in KBS 30.5 Indexes. Registers. Digests 31 General and comprehensive) Including councils and synods 42 Decisions of ecclesiastical tribunals and courts (Collective) Including related materials For decisions of ecclesiastical tribunals and courts of a particular church, see that church in KBS Encyclopedias. Dictionaries. Vocabularies, see BX100.7 Directories, see BX100.8 or the church at BX120-182 1 KBS Canon Law of Eastern Churches - Continued History 102 General works For the general history of a particular church, see that church at BX122-755 Sources. History and studies on sources, see KBS190+ 104 Legal symbolism. Legal archeology By period 107 Early to ca.1054 (Great Schism) 113 1054 (Great Schism)-­ Biography Early Christian biography (to ca. 1054, Great Schism) Collective, see BR1700+ Individual, see BR1720+; KBR199.7+ 1054 (Great Schism)-­ Collective and individual, see the church in BX120+ Trials 127 Collections. Selections Including criminal and civil trials 128 Criminal trials (Collective) 129 Civil trials (Collective) 130 Legal research. Legal Bibliography. Methods of bibliographic research 133 Legal education. Study and teaching Societies. Associations, see BX100.2 Congresses, see BX100.4 Canon law of Eastern Churches compared with other legal systems or religious legal systems, see KB165+ 152.A-Z Canon law of Eastern Churches and other disciplines or subjects. A-Z 160 General (Comparative) Sources. History of sources Studies on sources Including history of sources and methodology (e.g. papyrology, epigraphy, etc.). For legal symbolism and legal archeology, see KBS104 190.A-Z By author, A-Z Class here collected or individual works of authors regardless of nationality or language 192 Classification of sources 2 KBS Canon Law of Eastern Churches Sources. History of sources --Continued By period To ca. 1054 (Great Schism) Collections. Compilations. Selections General (Comprehensive), see KBR195 Indexes. Chronologies. Concordances, see KBR195.5 Pseudo-apostolic collections of canons, to ca. 400 AD General works, see KBS190+ General collections. Selections, see KBR195.7 Didache, see KBR196 Traditio Apostolica, see KBR196.2 Canones Hippolyti, see KBR196.22 Didascalia apostolorum, see KBR196.3 Canones apostolorum, see KBR196.6 Constitutiones apostolorum, see KBR196.5 Individual parts or sections. Selections. By title Canones apostolorum, see KBR196.6 Octoginta quinque regulae, see KBR196.6 Canones Hippolyti, see KBR195.22 Epitome libri VIII Constitutionum, see KBR196.7 Octoginta quinque regulae, see KBR196.6 Epitome libri VIII constitutionum apostolorum, see KBR196.7 Horos kanonikos t-on hagi-on apostol-on, see KBR196.78 Canones 9 synodi Antiochenae apostolorum, see KBR196.9 Constitutiones apostolorum see KBR196.5 Didascalia (Syriac), see KBR 196.3 Didascalia (Ethiopian), see KBR196.3 Testamentum Domini nostri Jesus Christi, see KBR197.33 Liber canonum diversorum sanctorum patrum, see KBR197.4 3 KBS Canon Law of Eastern Churches Sources. History of sources By period To ca. 1054 (Great Schism) Collections. Compilations. Selections --Continued Jus ecclesiae Graecae seu Byzantinae. Byzantine-Greek collections General works, see KBS190+ Syntagma canonum (Chronological collection), see KBR197.45 Codex vetus Ecclesiae Universae, see KBR197.5 Canones sanctorum Apostolorum, see KBR197.6 Codex Canonum ecclesiae primitivae, see KBR197.7 Systematic collections Collectio sexaginta titulorum, see KBR197.8 Synagoga L titulorum, see KBS199 Synopsis [canonum], see KBR198 Epitome canonum, see KBR198.2 Collectio XXV capitulorum, see KBR198.3 Collectio LXXXVII capitulorum, see KBR198.4 Collectio tripartita, see KBR 198.6 Nomocanon collections Including the post-schismatic sources 199 Nomocanon L titulorum (John III, Scholasticus, Patriarch of Constantinople, d. 577) 199.2 Nomocanon quatuordecim titulorum, ca. 630 (ascribed falsely to Photius I., Patriarch of Constantinople, ca. 820- ca.891) 199.3 Second revision, 883 199.33 Third revision (Scholia), 1198 (Theodore Balsamon, Patriarch of Antioch, 12th cent.) 199.6.A-Z By compiler, editor, or title, A-Z Including unannotated and annotated editions, and translations 199.6.A+ Alexius Aristenus. 12th cent.Table K4 Synopsis canonum (Stephanus, of Ephesus) 199.6.B3+ Theodore Balsamon, Patriarch of Antioch, see KBS199.33 199.6.M3+ Matthew Blastares, fl. 14th cent. Table K4 Syntagma kata stoicheiōn tōn empeieilēmmenōn hapasōn hypotheseōn tois hierois kai theiois kanosi, 1335 199.6.D+ Gregorius Doxapater, 12th Cent. Table K4 Nomocanon 199.6.F4+ Fehta nagast: nomocanon ( Ethiopic text of canons formulated at the Coptic Synod, Cairo, 1239) 199.6.K+ Konstantinus Harmenopoulos, d.1380? Table K4 Epitomē tōn thēiōn kai hierōn kanonōn 4 KBS Canon Law of Eastern Churches Sources. History of sources By period To ca. 1054 (Great Schism) Collections. Compilations. Selections Jus ecclesiae Graecae seu Byzantinae. Byzantine-Greek collections Nomocanon collections By compiler, editor, or title, A-Z - Continued 199.6.M3+ Manouēl Malaxos, d.1581 Table K4 Nomokanōn Pravila alesesa, scoasa, si tocmita, si dintru multe sfinte scripture cercata sigasita... Nomokanon (tr. Eustratius of Moldavia, 1632) 199.6.N5+ Niphon (Metropolitan of Wallachia) Table K4 Manualu de pravila bisericeasca, 1853 199.6.N5+ Nicodemus, the Hagiorite, Saint, 1748-1809 Table K4 Pēdalion 199.6.P+ Pravila mica (based on Nomokanon of Cotelarius) 1640 199.6.P+ Pravila cea mare; or: Indreptarea legii, 1652 (Peter Dobra, trans.: Regula legis divinae voluntati accommodata, 1722) 199.6.P+ Michael Psellus Table K4 Synopsis canonum 199.6.R+ Geōrgios Alexandrou Rhallēs, 1804-1883 Table K4 Syntagma tōn thēiōn kai hierōn kanonōn tōn hagiōn kai paneuphēmōn apostolōn Imperial (secular) Byzantine law relating to the Church General (Collective), see KBR199.34 Ecloge, see KJA1362.2+ Konstantinus Harmenopoulos (d.1380?). Hexabiblos, see KJA1451+ Michael Psellus . Synopsis tōn nomōn, see KJA1554 Prochiron, see KJA1392.2+ Epanagoge tou nomou, see KJA1405 By canonist or jurist, A-Z 199.7.A+ Arsenius (Mt. Athos, 13th cent) Table K4 199.7.B47 Theodorus Bestes, 11th cent. Table K4 199.7.D4 Demetrios, Chomatenos, fl.1216-1236 Table K4 Euthymius, the Illuminator, Saint, see KBR199.7.E+ Methodius, Saint, Apostle of the Slavs, see KBR199.7.M4+ 199.7.N5+ Nicephorus, Chartophylax Table K4 Theodorus Prodromos, see KBR199.7.P76 Symeon, Metaphrastes, see KBR199.7.S96 199.7.Z+ Joannes Zonaras, 12th cent. Table K4 5 KBS Canon Law of Eastern Churches Sources. History of sources By period To ca. 1054 (Great Schism) Collections. Compilations. Selections - Continued Canonical collections of councils and synods For general histories on the councils, see BR200-BR240 General (Collective), see KBR200+ Apostolic councils. Councils of the ancient church. 1st to end 3rd centuries Council of Jerusalem, 45 (50?) see KBR199.82 Council of Jerusalem, 56, see KBR 199.83 Council of Rome, 155, see KBR199.84 Council of Rome, 193, see KBR199.86 Council of Ephesus, 193, see KBR 199.87 Council of Carthage, 255, see KBR199.9 Councils and synods from 4th century to 1054 (Great Schism) Class here works on Eastern councils and Western councils (Frankish Church), including non-accepted councils For Latin (Western) versions of Eastern canonical collections, see KBR1100+ For Western post-schismatic councils and synods, see KBR830+ General (Collective), see KBR200+ 205 General works Ecumenical or general councils 1st Council of Nicea (1st ecumenical, 325), see KBR210 1st Council of Constantinople (2nd ecumenical, 381), see KBR215 Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical, 449), see KBR220 Council of Chalcedon (4th ecumenical, 451), see KBR225 2nd Council of Constantinople(5th ecumenical, 553), see KBR230 3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical, 680), see KBR235 Council of Constantinople (Concilium Trullanum. Quinisext Synod; sequel council to the 5th and 6th ecumenical councils of Constantinople, 692), see KBR237 2nd Council of Nicea (7th ecumenical, 787), see KBR240 4th Council of Constantinople (Ignatian Council; contested by Eastern bishops, 869), see KBR262 Council of Union (Photian Council; contested by Western
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