Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium: A Comparative Study

From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Brundage, James A | Copyright information

Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium: A Comparative Study. By Clarence Gallagher, S.J. [Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Monographs, Volume 8.] (Brookfield, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2002. Pp. xi, 279. $79.95.)

Scholars have seldom been courageous (or some might say foolhardy) enough to embark upon a comparison between the canon law of the Eastern and Western Churches in the Middle Ages. The obstacles to such an enterprise are fearsome. The sources, to begin wit...

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