The Nomocanon in Fifty Titles[a] is an Eastern Christian nomocanon (collection of ecclesiastical law), or syntagma (a nomocanon without commentary), authored by Antiochian jurist John Scholastikos in the mid-6th century.
| Nomocanon in Fifty Titles | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Synagoge[a] |
| Created | 550 |
| Date effective | 565–12th century |
| Superseded | 12th century[1] |
| Location | Antioch (originally) |
| Author | John Scholastikos |
| Subject | Code |
| Purpose | Nomocanon |
John Scholastikos compiled the work in Antioch prior to his ordination in c. 550.[2]
The work is a compilation of canon law divided into 50 titles.[3] It includes 85 Apostolic Canons, the Ecumenical councils and a number of local councils, and the 68 canons of Cappadocian bishop Basil of Caesarea (t. 370–379).[2] Other canons known at the time were not included, such as the Greek translation of the African Code.[1] It was in use until the 12th century.[1]
It was translated into Old Slavic in the Nomocanon of Methodios, authored by Methodios between 865–885,[4] which survived in the Russian-recension Church Slavonic 13/14th-century Ustiug Miscellany and the 16th-century Ioasafskaia Kormchaia.[1] It was also used in the 13th-century Serbian nomocanon Zakonopravilo,[5] dubbed the ultimate civil and canon law source for Slavs in the Middle ages and following centuries.[6]
See also
edit- Zakonopravilo, 13th-century Serbian nomocanon
Annotations
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 Bojanin 2023, p. 74.
- 1 2 Bojanin 2023, pp. 73–74.
- 1 2 Bojanin 2023, p. 73.
- ↑ Koprivica 2020, p. 79.
- ↑ Miletić 2019, p. 159.
- ↑ Koprivica 2020, p. 80.
- ↑ Koprivica 2020.
- ↑ Miletić 2019, p. 156.
Sources
edit- Bojanin, Stanoje (2023). "Canons of Old Nomokanons in South Slavonic Penitentials (13th–14th Centuries)". Иницијал. 11: 71–92.
- Koprivica, Marija (2020). "The political background to the establishment of the Slavic Nomocanon in the thirteenth century". Studies in church history. 56: 78–92 – via ProQuest.
- Miletić, Branko A. (2019). "Zakonopravilo Svetog Save (Svetosavski Nomokanon) i Zakonik Stefana Dušana (Dušanov Zakonik) kao izvori srpskog prava u srednjovekovnoj Srbiji" [Saint Sava Law (Nomocanon of Saint Sava) and Law of Stefan Dušan (Dušan's Code): Sources of law in medieval Serbia]. Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini. 49 (2): 155–174.