with the texts, treatises and consilia, which are advises given according to the old Roman law.

Canon Law

Early Scholastics (1070-1234)

Canon law knows a few forms of laws: the canones, decisions made by Councils, and the decreta, decisions made by the Popes. The monk Gratian, one of the well-known decretists, started to organise all of the church law, which is now known as the [[Decretum Gratiani]], or simply as Decretum. It forms the first part of the collection of six

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