The ecclesiastical edicts of the Theodosian code

About this book

For students of Roman law and early Christianity, William Kenneth Boyd’s study traces the church-related enactments gathered in the Theodosian Code and considers their place in imperial government. Rather than treating Constantine’s limits on divination as purely doctrinal, Boyd sets them against his contest with Licinius and the political use of pagan loyalties. In his account of episcopal courts, the delays of civil litigation help explain how a Christian institution entered Roman law.