The purpose of this contribution is to identify the rules followed by the theodosian editors whilst selecting the constitutions to be included in the first title of the XVI book, De fide catholica. CTh.16.1, in fact, results as being composed of two oriental constitutions, issued by Theodosius I in order to enforce the Nicenian orthodoxy in the pars Orientis of the Empire, and by two occidental leges, one preceding and the other following theodosian requirements. Western constitutions seem at prima facie to be conflicting, not to say contrasting, with regards to the title’s ratio. After a complete evolution of the regulations established by the before-mentioned imperial constitutions , we can conclude the following: with Theodosius I granting more power to the editors’ role in the fides Nicaena, they decided it to be appropriate to reiterate the unquestionable traditional imperial authority to decide citizens’ rights based also on their religious choices, in the same programmatic title for religion law.
L’obiettivo del contributo è l’individuazione dei criteri seguiti dai compilatori teodosiani per la scelta delle costituzioni da inserire nel primo titolo del libro XVI, il De fide catholica. CTh. 16.1, infatti, risulta composto da due costituzioni orientali, emanate da Teodosio I per imporre l’ortodossia nicena nella pars Orientis dell’impero, e da due leges occidentali, una precedente e l’altra seguente i provvedimenti teodosiani. Le costituzioni occidentali sembrerebbero dissonanti, per non dire in contrasto, rispetto alla ratio del titolo. Premessa una valutazione complessiva dei diversi aspetti si giunge a concludere che, avvalorato il ruolo accordato da Teodosio I alla fides Nicaena, i compilatori hanno anche ritenuto opportuno ribadire, nel medesimo titolo programmatico della legislazione religiosa, l’assoluta incontestabilità delle tradizionalicompetenze imperiali a disciplinare i diritti dei cittadini anche in base alle loro opzioni religiose
LA DEFINIZIONE DELLO ‘STATUS’ DI ‘CRISTIANO’ O ‘CATTOLICO’ E DI ‘ERETICO’ IN CTH. 16.1
CARBONE M
2017-01-01
Abstract
The purpose of this contribution is to identify the rules followed by the theodosian editors whilst selecting the constitutions to be included in the first title of the XVI book, De fide catholica. CTh.16.1, in fact, results as being composed of two oriental constitutions, issued by Theodosius I in order to enforce the Nicenian orthodoxy in the pars Orientis of the Empire, and by two occidental leges, one preceding and the other following theodosian requirements. Western constitutions seem at prima facie to be conflicting, not to say contrasting, with regards to the title’s ratio. After a complete evolution of the regulations established by the before-mentioned imperial constitutions , we can conclude the following: with Theodosius I granting more power to the editors’ role in the fides Nicaena, they decided it to be appropriate to reiterate the unquestionable traditional imperial authority to decide citizens’ rights based also on their religious choices, in the same programmatic title for religion law.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
