Editor's introduction and excursus

Editor's excursus

• Editor's introduction and excursus 1: Introduction on the Date of the Council — Our inquiries concerning the Synod of Sardica must begin with a chronological examination of the date of this assembly. Socrates and Sozomen place it expressly in the year 347 a.d., with the more precise statement…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 2: Note on the Text of the Canons — The Canons of Sardica have come down to us both in Greek and Latin, and some writers such as Richer (Histoire Conc. Générale, Tom. i., p. 98), have been of opinion that the Latin text alone was the original, while…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 3: Excursus on the Other Acts of the Council — As only the Canons have any real connexion with the Ecumenical Synods, they alone have properly a place in this volume, and yet it may not be amiss to give a brief account of the other acts of the council, so far as…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 4: Excursus as to Whether the Sardican Council Was Ecumenical — Some theologians and canonists have been of opinion that the Council of Sardica was Ecumenical and would reckon it as the Second. But besides the fact that such a numbering is absolutely in contrariety to all history…vatican.va