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Episcopal Elections in the Churches
Laws, Practices, Doctrines
Series: - Bologna Studies in Religious History, Volume: 2
This work explores the procedures, norms, doctrines, and implications of episcopal elections in Christian churches. The evolution of episcopal elections reveals the political and social tensions and dynamics that influence the selection of bishops. The text analyses how such elections reflect the complexity of ecclesiastical structure from its origins in the New Testament to the present day. Election procedures never followed a fixed pattern, but were influenced by pre-existing traditions and contingent needs. The history of episcopal elections highlights the need for authority and consensus in the Christian community, exploring specific instances and historical developments that have shaped the current practice.
Alberto Melloni is professor of history of Christianity at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and secretary of Fondazione per le scienze religiose â FSCIRE (Bologna and Palermo); he is holder of the UNESCO Chair on Religious Pluralism and Peace at Sapienza University of Rome. He is the director of the work A History of the Desire for Christian Unity. Ecumenism in the Churches, 19th-21st Century (4 vols., Brill) and editor of the COGD series â Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Generaliumque Decreta (Brepols).
Frederico Ruozzi is associate professor of history of Christianity at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and fellow at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose â FSCIRE (Bologna). He has published monographs, and many articles on Vatican II and on media and religion. He was visiting fellow at Oxford Brookes University and editor of the critical edition of the texts of Lorenzo Milani (Meridiani Mondadori).
Frederico Ruozzi is associate professor of history of Christianity at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and fellow at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose â FSCIRE (Bologna). He has published monographs, and many articles on Vatican II and on media and religion. He was visiting fellow at Oxford Brookes University and editor of the critical edition of the texts of Lorenzo Milani (Meridiani Mondadori).
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: În ᾽εξελéξÏ: on the Procedures, Norms, Doctrines, and Implications of Episcopal Elections in the Christian Churches
âAlberto Melloni
The Institutionalisation of Church Ministry in the Second and Third Centuries
âGeorg Schöllgen
Bishops and Emperors: Episcopal Elections and BishopâEmperor Relationships from Constantine to Theodosius
âRamón Teja and Silvia Acerbi
Procedures for the Election of the Bishop of Rome in Ostrogothic Italy
âRita Lizzi Testa
âNullus invitis detur episcopusâ: the Prerequisites for Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity and Their Consequences in the Medieval Church
âJürgen Miethke
âNullus invitis detur episcopusâ: the Origin of a Formula in the Epistolary of Leo the Great
âDavide Dainese
Armenian Levites?: an Outline of the Evolution of Episcopal Elections in Armenia from the Eighth to the Thirteenth Century
âFederico Alpi
The Golden Age of Episcopal Elections (1100â1300)
âKenneth Pennington
âMais maintenant les mondains par envie/Ont usurpé la saincte electionâ: the Concordat of Bologna (1516) and Its Critics
âGianmarco Braghi
Election and Appointment of Bishops at the Council of Trent
âMatteo Al Kalak
Apostolic Succession and Church Freedom: the Oxford Movementâs Political Discourse and the Church Temporalities Act of 1833
âLuca Ferracci
On the Appointment of Bishops in Vietnam
âEnrico Galavotti
Index of Names
Introduction: În ᾽εξελéξÏ: on the Procedures, Norms, Doctrines, and Implications of Episcopal Elections in the Christian Churches
âAlberto Melloni
The Institutionalisation of Church Ministry in the Second and Third Centuries
âGeorg Schöllgen
Bishops and Emperors: Episcopal Elections and BishopâEmperor Relationships from Constantine to Theodosius
âRamón Teja and Silvia Acerbi
Procedures for the Election of the Bishop of Rome in Ostrogothic Italy
âRita Lizzi Testa
âNullus invitis detur episcopusâ: the Prerequisites for Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity and Their Consequences in the Medieval Church
âJürgen Miethke
âNullus invitis detur episcopusâ: the Origin of a Formula in the Epistolary of Leo the Great
âDavide Dainese
Armenian Levites?: an Outline of the Evolution of Episcopal Elections in Armenia from the Eighth to the Thirteenth Century
âFederico Alpi
The Golden Age of Episcopal Elections (1100â1300)
âKenneth Pennington
âMais maintenant les mondains par envie/Ont usurpé la saincte electionâ: the Concordat of Bologna (1516) and Its Critics
âGianmarco Braghi
Election and Appointment of Bishops at the Council of Trent
âMatteo Al Kalak
Apostolic Succession and Church Freedom: the Oxford Movementâs Political Discourse and the Church Temporalities Act of 1833
âLuca Ferracci
On the Appointment of Bishops in Vietnam
âEnrico Galavotti
Index of Names
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