The practice of elections and the ordination of the highest clergy in medieval Iceland
The position of bishop in medieval Europe was important not only religiously but also politically and culturally. Top clergy often performed secular authority in their city and diocese. European canonical practice of the early Middle Ages developed a system where election and consecration into the b...
| Published in: | Ukrainian Religious Studies |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Russian Ukrainian |
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Ukrainian Association of Researchers of Religion (UARR)
2008
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.32420/2008.47.1953 https://doaj.org/article/ebe55cbc0b634b8a81084c52a98992d1 |
| Summary: | The position of bishop in medieval Europe was important not only religiously but also politically and culturally. Top clergy often performed secular authority in their city and diocese. European canonical practice of the early Middle Ages developed a system where election and consecration into the bishopric became an integral and decisive element of ministry. Spiritual service was thus considered elective and sacred. In the 60s of the XII century. the already mature concept of confirmatio indicated that the powers of each bishop-elect begin in his consecration. |
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