Ordination of the clergy and ecclesiastical law : a brief overview of the ordination law of Czech Dioceses in the middle ages

Krafl, Pavel (author)

The subject of the study is the issue of ordination law in the Prague, Olomouc, and Litomyšl dioceses in the Middle Ages. The legal rules that were published in provincial and diocesan synods and which regulated the form of ordination are presented. The oldest preserved order of ordination of the clergy is from the time of Bishop of Olomouc Henricus Zdík (1126–1150). Instructions for the ordination of the clergy are included, for example, in the pontifical of Bishop of Litomyšl Albert of Šternberk. Ordinations were recorded in ordination books, the Prague ordination books from the years 1395–1416 being a particularly valuable source. The Hussite revolution brought significant encroachment on the functioning of the church in the Prague archdiocese and in the Litomyšl diocese. The bishopric of Litomyšl was completely dissolved, while the Prague archbishopric was not occupied by an ordinary, which caused complications in the ordination of priests.

• Language: English
• Keywords: ecclesiastical law, ordination law, ordination of the clergy, middle ages, Bohemia, Prague Ecclesiastical Province
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: In print
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 129-138
• Numbering: Letn. 84, [št.] 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163995
• UDC: 27-74-733(437.31)"653"
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2024/01/Krafl
• COBISS.SI-ID: 206152707
• Publication date in RUL: 15.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Ordinacija duhovnikov in cerkveno pravo : kratek pregled ordinacijskega prava čeških škofij v srednjem veku

Abstract

Predmet študije je vprašanje ordinacijskega prava v praški, olomouški in litomyšlski škofiji v srednjem veku. Predstavljena so pravna pravila, ki so bila objavljena na deželnih in škofijskih sinodah in so urejala obliko ordinacije. Najstarejši ohranjeni red posvečenja duhovnikov je iz časa olomouškega škofa Henrika Zdíka (1126–1150). Navodila za posvečenje duhovnikov so na primer vključena v pontifikal litomyšlskega škofa Alberta iz Šternberka. Ordinacije so bile zapisane v ordinacijskih knjigah, posebej dragocen vir so praške ordinacijske knjige iz let 1395–1416. Husitska revolucija je močno posegla v delovanje Cerkve v praški nadškofiji in litomyšlski škofiji. Litomyšlska škofija je bila popolnoma ukinjena, medtem ko praška nadškofija ni imela ordinarija, kar je povzročilo zaplete pri posvečevanju duhovnikov.

• Keywords: cerkveno pravo, ordinacijsko pravo, ordinacija duhovnikov, srednji vek, Bohemija, praška cerkvena provinca