Book contents
- Forntmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction. The End of the West Roman Empire: From Decline and Fall to Transformation of the Roman World
- Chapter 1 Gibbon’s Secondary Causes: “The Disorders of Military Despotism” and “the Division of Monarchy”
- Chapter 2 Barbarism: “The Invasion and Settlements of the Barbarians of Germany and Scythia”
- Chapter 3 Religion and the Transformation of the Roman World
- Chapter 4 Religion: “The Rise, Establishment, and Sects of Christianity”
- Chapter 5 Religious Reaction to the Fall of Rome
- Chapter 6 Doctrinal Division
- Chapter 7 The Impact of Christianity: A Quantitative Approach
- Chapter 8 Clerics, Soldiers, Bureaucrats
- Chapter 9 Ecclesiastical Endowment
- Chapter 10 Beyond Gibbon and Rostovtzeff
- Appendix: Clerical Ordinations
- Further Reading
- Bibliography
Appendix: Clerical Ordinations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 January 2021
- Forntmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction. The End of the West Roman Empire: From Decline and Fall to Transformation of the Roman World
- Chapter 1 Gibbon’s Secondary Causes: “The Disorders of Military Despotism” and “the Division of Monarchy”
- Chapter 2 Barbarism: “The Invasion and Settlements of the Barbarians of Germany and Scythia”
- Chapter 3 Religion and the Transformation of the Roman World
- Chapter 4 Religion: “The Rise, Establishment, and Sects of Christianity”
- Chapter 5 Religious Reaction to the Fall of Rome
- Chapter 6 Doctrinal Division
- Chapter 7 The Impact of Christianity: A Quantitative Approach
- Chapter 8 Clerics, Soldiers, Bureaucrats
- Chapter 9 Ecclesiastical Endowment
- Chapter 10 Beyond Gibbon and Rostovtzeff
- Appendix: Clerical Ordinations
- Further Reading
- Bibliography
Summary
Ordinations from Silvester to Gregory I in the Liber Pontificalis
(Page references are to The Book of Pontiffs, ed. and trans. Davis.)
Silvester (314–35) (Davis, p. 27)
Ceremonies: 6 in December
Bishops: 65
Priests: 42
Deacons: 26
Mark (336) (Davis, p. 28)
Ceremonies: 2 in December
Bishops: 27
Priests: 25
Deacons: 6
Julius I (337–52) (Davis, p. 28)
Ceremonies: 3 in December
Bishops: 9
Priests: 18
Deacons: 4
Liberius (352–66) (Davis, p. 30)
Ceremonies: 2 in December
Bishops: 19
Priests: 18
Deacons: 5
Felix II (355–65) (Davis, p. 30)
Ceremonies: 1 in December
Bishops: 19
Priests: 21
Deacons: 5
Damasus (366–84) (Davis, p. 31)
Ceremonies: 5 in December
Bishops: 62
Priests: 31
Deacons: 11
Siricius (384–99) (Davis, p. 32)
Ceremonies: 5 in December
Bishops: 32
Priests: 31
Deacons: 16
Anastasius I (399–402) (Davis, p. 32)
Ceremonies: 2 in December
Bishops: 11
Priests: 9
Deacons: 5
Innocent I (402–17) (Davis, p. 34)
Ceremonies: 4 in December
Bishops: 54
Priests: 30
Deacons: 12
Zosimus (417–18) (Davis, p. 34)
Ceremonies: 1 in December
Bishops: 8
Priests: 10
Deacons: 3
Boniface I (418–22) (Davis, p. 34)
Ceremonies: 1 in December
Bishops: 36
Priests: 13
Deacons: 3
Celestine (422–32) (Davis, p. 36)
Ceremonies: 3 in December
Bishops: 46
Priests: 32
Deacons: 12
Sixtus III (432–40) (Davis, p. 38)
Ceremonies: 3 in December
Bishops: 52
Priests: 28
Deacons: 12
Leo I (440–61) (Davis, p. 40)
Ceremonies: 4 in December
Bishops: 185
Priests: 81
Deacons: 31
Hilary (461–68) (Davis, p. 42)
Ceremonies: 1 in December
Bishops: 22
Priests: 25
Deacons: 6
Simplicius (468–83) (Davis, p. 43)
Ceremonies: 3 in December and February
Bishops: 88
Priests: 58
Deacons: 11
Felix III (483–92) (Davis, p. 44)
Ceremonies: 2 in December
Bishops: 31
Priests: 28
Deacons: 5
Gelasius I (492–96) (Davis, p. 45)
Ceremonies: 2 in December and February
Bishops: 67
Priests: 32
Deacons: 2
Anastasius II (496–98) (Davis, p. 45)
Ceremonies: 1 in December
Bishops: 16
Priests: 12
Deacons: 0
Symmachus (498–514) (Davis, p. 48)
Ceremonies: 4 in December and February
Bishops: 117
Priests: 92
Deacons: 16
Hormisdas (514–23) (Davis, p. 50)
Ceremonies: December
Bishops: 55
Priests: 21
Deacons: 0
John I (523–26) (Davis, p. 52)
Ceremonies: ?
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- The Transformation of the Roman West , pp. 125 - 132Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2018