Publicación: Codex Theodosianus 16.2.12 and the Genesis of the Ecclesiastic Privilegium Fori
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2019
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Cardiff University Press| Gwasg Prifysgol Caerdydd
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La tolerancia del Estado romano hacia el cristianismo, instaurada por Constantino en el año 313, no supuso para el Imperio paz y estabilidad religiosa. La progresiva acumulación de competencias de los obispos por su condición de especialistas religiosos, así como su difícil relación con el poder político, a lo largo de la radicalización del conflicto arriano-niceno, llevaron a las autoridades imperiales a adoptar una serie de medidas jurídicas destinadas a clarificar el estatuto del episcopado y su relación con las autoridades jurídicas. En este contexto, la aprobación del llamado privilegium fori eclesiástico intentó dar respuesta a las reivindicaciones de independencia jurídica de los obispos. Sin embargo, pese a que se promulgó en el contexto de la concesión por parte de la dinastía constantiniana de una serie de privilegios a la Iglesia, esta medida jurídica, como todas las demás, no fue inmune a la manipulación egoísta de las mismas autoridades que la habían aprobado.
The tolerance of the Roman state towards Christianity, which had been established by Constantine in 313, did not entail peace and religious stability for the Empire. The gradual accumulation of competences by bishops through their status as religious specialists as well as their uneasy relationship with political power throughout the increasingly radicalized the Arian-Nicene conflict and led the imperial authorities to adopt a series of legal measures. Those measures aimed at clarifying the status of the episcopate and its relationship with the legal authorities. In this context, the passing of the so-called ecclesiastical privilegium fori attempted to provide an answer to the pleas for legal independence by the bishops. Nevertheless, despite the fact that it was enacted in the context of the Constantinian dynasty granting a series of privileges to the Church, this legal measure, like all others, was not immune to the selfish manipulation of the very same authorities that had passed it.
The tolerance of the Roman state towards Christianity, which had been established by Constantine in 313, did not entail peace and religious stability for the Empire. The gradual accumulation of competences by bishops through their status as religious specialists as well as their uneasy relationship with political power throughout the increasingly radicalized the Arian-Nicene conflict and led the imperial authorities to adopt a series of legal measures. Those measures aimed at clarifying the status of the episcopate and its relationship with the legal authorities. In this context, the passing of the so-called ecclesiastical privilegium fori attempted to provide an answer to the pleas for legal independence by the bishops. Nevertheless, despite the fact that it was enacted in the context of the Constantinian dynasty granting a series of privileges to the Church, this legal measure, like all others, was not immune to the selfish manipulation of the very same authorities that had passed it.
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CTh 16.2.12, privilegium fori, Arian-Nicene Conflict, conflicto arriano-niceno, Constantius II, Constancio II
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Alba López, Almudena y González Salinero, Raúl: “Codex Theodosianus 16.2.12 and the Genesis of the Ecclesiastic Privilegium Fori”. Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture, 13, 2019, pp. 1–21. ISSN 1754-517X. https://doi.org/10.18573/jlarc.109
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Facultad de Geografía e Historia
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Historia Antigua