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To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive. Titles will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested. The DGBA project seeks to digitize the entire backlist of titles published since 1749 to ensure that future generations have digital access to the high-quality primary sources that De Gruyter has published over the centuries.

Councils and synods. --- Christian councils and synods --- Church councils --- Synods --- Religious gatherings

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One can hardly exaggerate the importance of the church councils in the 5th and 6th centuries. They provide us with great insights into the situation in the late Roman Empire and particularly into the role of the Church at that time. Because of the rich source materials, the dramatic course it took and its overall historical relevance, the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451) is one of the most important events of that period. The decrees of this council led to major upheavals in the Church which continue to this very day. Hagit Amirav presents the first study on the social dynamics and various roles played by the stakeholders of this council, the power plays of the imperial representatives and the bishops, their actions and statements designed to further a consensus. At the centre of this analysis lies Marcian in his dual role as Emperor of the East Roman Empire as well as a central figure in the Church.

Councils and synods --- Church history --- Council of Chalcedon --- Sociology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Chalcedon, Council of, --- Concilio di Calcedonia --- Konzil von Chalkedon --- Concilium Chalcedonense --- Classics --- Göttingen --- Marcian --- Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria --- Theodoret

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"The Third Mexican Provincial Council, celebrated in 1585, has always been considered a cornerstone of the canonical law of Spanish America, both with regard to its content and the long period and vast territory in which it was in force. New possibilities of research had been made possible due to the publication of the working manuscripts in recent years, enabling a better understanding of the juridical work produced by the bishops. Given these new materials, the author has delved deeper into the drafting processes carried out by the provincial council.Taking a close look at the reports sent to the council, the theological and juridical treaties, and other conciliar and synodal legislation, along with the consultations to jurists and theologians, the author has identified different processes of drafting of the conciliar decrees.The result of this research allows us to relocate the authorship of the conciliar decrees to the Mexican episcopate as well as establish the degree of their originality. Locality of the law and its significance in the legal order in force at that time is one of the characteristics of the body of decrees promulgated at the Third Mexican Provincial Council."

European history --- History of the Americas --- Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 --- Legal history --- Councils and synods, Provincial (Canon law) --- Ecclesiastical law --- Canon law --- History. --- Interpretation and construction. --- Catholic Church. --- Church law --- Law, Ecclesiastical --- Church polity --- Religious law and legislation --- Theology, Practical --- Concilium Mexicanum Provinciale --- Concilio Provincial Mexicano --- Mexican Provincial Council --- Decrees of the Third Mexican Provincial Council --- Legal History --- Third Mexican Provincial Council --- Global History

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Recent research has made a strong case for the view that Early Christian communities, sociologically considered, functioned as voluntary religious associations. This is similar to the practice of many other cultic associations in the Greco-Roman world of the first century CE. Building upon this new approach, along with a critical interpretation of all available sources, this book discusses the social and religio-historical background of the weekly gatherings of Christians and presents a fresh reconstruction of how the weekly gathering originated and developed in both form and content. The topics studied here include the origins of the observance of Sunday as the weekly Christian feast-day, the shape and meaning of the weekly gatherings of the Christian communities, and the rise of customs such as preaching, praying, singing, and the reading of texts in these meetings.

Religious gatherings --- Worship --- Lord's Supper --- Agape --- Sacred meals --- Church history --- Christianity --- History. --- History --- Rome --- Religious life and customs. --- Assemblies, Religious --- Congregations (Religious gatherings) --- Gatherings, Religious --- Religious assemblies --- Religious meetings --- Councils and synods --- Meetings --- Apostolic Church --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Meals, Sacred --- Sacramental meals --- Dinners and dining --- Fasts and feasts --- Love --- Love feasts --- Religious aspects --- Religious gatherings - Christianity - History. --- Worship - History - Early church, ca. 30-600. --- Lord's Supper - History - Early church, ca. 30-600. --- Agape - History. --- Sacred meals - Rome - Comparative studies. --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Religious gatherings - Rome - Comparative studies. --- Rome - Religious life and customs. --- Theology --- Early Church & Patristics --- Eucharist --- Jesus --- Paul the Apostle