The Cursus Honorum: A Study of the Origins

John St. H. Gibaut is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Theology at Saint Paul University, Ottawa.

Abbreviations

xiii

Introduction

1

(10)

I. Sequential Ordination In the First Three Centuries

Introduction

11

(1)

The New Testament

12

(7)

The Twelve, the Seventy(-two), and the Seven

13

(1)

The Acts of the Apostles

14

(1)

The Pauline Epistles

15

(1)

The Pastoral Epistles

16

(3)

Early Christian Literature

19

(20)

The Didache

19

(3)

First Clement

22

(3)

Ignatius of Antioch

25

(3)

Justin Martyr

28

(2)

Irenaeus

30

(1)

Tertullian

31

(3)

Cyprian

34

(2)

Didascalia apostolorum

36

(1)

Cornelius of Rome

37

(2)

Liturgical Rites: The Apostolic Tradition

39

(5)

Biographical Material

44

(11)

Rome

45

(5)

Irenaeus

50

(1)

Origen

50

(1)

Cyprian

51

(3)

Alexandria

54

(1)

Summary

55

(4)

II. The Cursus Honorum in the ``Golden Age'' of the Fathers

Introduction

59

(1)

The Church of the Empire

60

(2)

The Cursus Honorum in Patristic Conciliar Legislation

62

(18)

The Pre-Nicene Councils

62

(2)

The Council of Nicaea

64

(3)

The Council of Sardica

67

(3)

The Council of Laodicea

70

(1)

The Council of Carthage III

71

(1)

Gallican Councils

71

(3)

Hispanic Councils

74

(6)

Papal Letters and Decretals

80

(28)

Damasus

81

(1)

Siricius

82

(4)

Innocent I

86

(1)

Zosimus

87

(4)

Celestine

91

(2)

Leo I

93

(4)

Gelasius

97

(3)

Hormisdas

100

(1)

Pelagius

101

(2)

Gregory the Great

103

(5)

Canonistic Collections

108

(5)

The Breviatio canonum

108

(1)

The Concordia canonum

109

(3)

The Collectio vetus gallica

112

(1)

Ordination Liturgies

113

(8)

The Leonine Sacramentary

113

(3)

The Statuta ecclesiae antiqua

116

(3)

The Liber ordinum

119

(2)

Patristic Literature on Holy Orders

121

(14)

Jerome

121

(14)

De sacerdotio

124

(1)

John Chrysostom

De ecclesiastica hierarchia

125

(5)

Pseudo-Dionysius

De septem ordinibus ecclesiae

130

(1)

Isidore of Seville

131

(2)

The Liber pontificalis

133

(2)

Biographical Material

135

(15)

The Roman Church

135

(3)

Ambrose of Milan

138

(4)

Augustine of Hippo

142

(1)

Other Western Examples

143

(4)

Nectarius of Constantinople

147

(1)

Other Eastern Examples

148

(2)

Summary

150

(9)

The Cursus Honorum: Adoption or Adaptation?

150

(4)

The Demise of the Interstices

154

(1)

The Effects of the Cursus Honorum

155

(1)

Ordination Per Saltum

156

(1)

Variance and the Cursus Honorum

157

(1)

Conclusion

157

(2)

III. The Cursus Honorum From the Eighth Century to the End of the Tenth

Introduction

159

(1)

The Cursus Honorum in Early Medieval Conciliar Legislation

159

(32)

Carolingian Councils

160

(3)

The Council of Rome, 769

163

(6)

The Fourth Council of Constantinople, 869--870

169

(19)

The Council of Rome, 964

188

(3)

Papal Letters and Decretals

191

(1)

Early Medieval Canonistic Collections

192

(12)

The Hibernensis

192

(4)

The Collectio Dacheriana

196

(1)

The Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals

197

(4)

The Collectio Anselmo dedicata

201

(2)

Regino of Prum

203

(1)

Ordination Liturgies

204

(17)

The Eighth Century

204

(9)

The Ninth Century

213

(2)

The Tenth Century

215

(6)

Early Medieval Literature on Holy Orders

221

(10)

The Eighth Century

221

(3)

The Ninth Century

224

(5)

The Tenth Century

229

(2)

Biographical Material

231

(9)

The Roman Church

231

(8)

The Frankish Church

239

(1)

Summary

240

(7)

The Sequence of the Cursus Honorum

240

(3)

The Cursus in Canon Law and Theology

243

(2)

Conclusion

245

(2)

IV. The Cursus Honorum in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

Introduction

247

(1)

The Cursus Honorum in Conciliar Legislation

248

(6)

Papal Letters and Decretals

254

(4)

Canonistic Collections Prior to the Gregorian Reform

258

(6)

Burchard of Worms

258

(3)

Collectio canonum in V libris

261

(3)

Canonistic Collections from the Mid-Eleventh Century

264

(18)

The Diversorum patrum sententiae

265

(2)

Anselm of Lucca

267

(4)

Deusdedit

271

(1)

Bonizo of Sutri

272

(1)

Ivo of Chartres

273

(3)

Gratian

276

(6)

Ordination Liturgies

282

(5)

OR XXXV ``B''

282

(1)

Pontificale romanum saeculi XII

283

(4)

Medieval Literature on Holy Orders

287

(9)

Gerard of Cambrai

288

(1)

Ivo of Chartres

289

(2)

Hugh of St. Victor

291

(2)

Peter Lombard

293

(3)

Biographical Material

296

(5)

The Roman Church

296

(2)

Italy, France, England

298

(3)

Summary

301

(6)

The Gregorian Reforms

302

(1)

The Presbyterate

303

(1)

The Interstices

304

(1)

Conclusion

305

(2)

V. Conclusion: The Cursus Honorum Past and Future

Introduction

307

(1)

Summary of the Development of Sequential Ordination

307

(8)

The Pre-Nicene Period

307

(2)

The Patristic Period

309

(2)

Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Centuries

311

(3)

The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

314

(1)

The Aftermath

315

(16)

The Later Medieval period

316

(2)

The Reformation

318

(8)

The Roman Catholic Church

326

(5)

``The Parameters of its Adaptation''

331

(4)

Bibliography

335

(1)

Primary Contemporary Sources

335

(1)

Primary Historical Sources

336

(10)

Secondary Sources

346

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