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Classical Language and Christian Religion in the Codification of Law Classical Language and Christian Religion in the Codification of Law
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Lex Est Ratio Summa Lex Est Ratio Summa
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Ius Publicum: An Archaeology Ius Publicum: An Archaeology
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Law Among Human and Divine Matters Law Among Human and Divine Matters
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Classical Social Theory and Christian Metaphysics Classical Social Theory and Christian Metaphysics
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Abstract
The two great codifications of law undertaken in the Christianity of late ancient times are often presented as novel interventions in the history of religion. As the first such codification since the Twelve Tables a thousand years before, the Theodosian Code did more than advertise the maturation of imperial government. It aggressively highlighted the government's adherence to Christianity. In this chapter, the author attempts to describe the ambitions of the Codes and to distinguish them from each other. The author also points out two things: (1) neither text cites the Twelve Tables as a precedent; and (2) neither Code actually described any of its books as devoted to “religion” in any catholic or totalizing sense of the world.
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