Coelius Bichi - Decisiones sacrae Rotae romanae - 1673






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Two-volume Latin edition by Coelius Bichi, Decisiones sacrae Rotae romanae, Geneva 1673, in full calf binding, folio (approx. 250×220 mm) with about 1300 pages, including 29 preliminary leaves, 719 pages in Volume I and 468 pages in Volume II, showing wear to boards and spine with upper joints split and light damp staining in the upper corner of Volume II.
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Coelius Bichi. Sacred Decisions of the Roman Rota. Geneva, Leonardi Couët, 1673, (29) ff., 719 pp., 468 pp. (174) ff.
2 volumes in-folio (250x220 mm), full calfskin, spine with ornamental raised cords (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on the covers and the spine, upper joints of volume II cracked, losses on the upper portions of the spine, light damp stain in the upper corner of the pages of volume II. Browning scattered.
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This collection brings together legal decisions rendered by the Roman Rota, the highest ecclesiastical court of the Roman Curia. The author, Coelius Bichi, compiles here rulings and interpretations concerning canonical, matrimonial, and disciplinary matters addressed by this institution. The work is part of a tradition of ecclesiastical legal literature aiming to illuminate judicial practices and the principles of canon law applied by the Rota.
Designed for canonists, ecclesiastical lawyers, and theologians, this book offers an overview of the procedures and legal reasoning in force in the seventeenth century. It reflects the importance of the Roman Rota as a central authority in the resolution of disputes within the Catholic Church, while illustrating the influence of Roman law on canon law.
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Coelius Bichi. Sacred Decisions of the Roman Rota. Geneva, Leonardi Couët, 1673, (29) ff., 719 pp., 468 pp. (174) ff.
2 volumes in-folio (250x220 mm), full calfskin, spine with ornamental raised cords (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on the covers and the spine, upper joints of volume II cracked, losses on the upper portions of the spine, light damp stain in the upper corner of the pages of volume II. Browning scattered.
New edition
This collection brings together legal decisions rendered by the Roman Rota, the highest ecclesiastical court of the Roman Curia. The author, Coelius Bichi, compiles here rulings and interpretations concerning canonical, matrimonial, and disciplinary matters addressed by this institution. The work is part of a tradition of ecclesiastical legal literature aiming to illuminate judicial practices and the principles of canon law applied by the Rota.
Designed for canonists, ecclesiastical lawyers, and theologians, this book offers an overview of the procedures and legal reasoning in force in the seventeenth century. It reflects the importance of the Roman Rota as a central authority in the resolution of disputes within the Catholic Church, while illustrating the influence of Roman law on canon law.
