Episcopal Elections in the Churches

Alberto Melloni is professor of history of Christianity at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and secretary of Fondazione per le scienze religiose – FSCIRE (Bologna and Palermo); he is holder of the UNESCO Chair on Religious Pluralism and Peace at Sapienza University of Rome. He is the director of the work A History of the Desire for Christian Unity. Ecumenism in the Churches, 19th-21st Century (4 vols., Brill) and editor of the COGD series – Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Generaliumque Decreta (Brepols).Frederico Ruozzi is associate professor of history of Christianity at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and fellow at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose – FSCIRE (Bologna). He has published monographs, and many articles on Vatican II and on media and religion. He was visiting fellow at Oxford Brookes University and editor of the critical edition of the texts of Lorenzo Milani (Meridiani Mondadori).

• Notes on ContributorsIntroduction: Οn ᾽εξελéξω: on the Procedures, Norms, Doctrines, and Implications of Episcopal Elections in the Christian ChurchesAlberto MelloniThe Institutionalisation of Church Ministry in the Second and Third CenturiesGeorg SchöllgenBishops and Emperors: Episcopal Elections and Bishop–Emperor Relationships from Constantine to TheodosiusRamón Teja and Silvia AcerbiProcedures for the Election of the Bishop of Rome in Ostrogothic ItalyRita Lizzi Testa“Nullus invitis detur episcopus”: the Prerequisites for Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity and Their Consequences in the Medieval ChurchJürgen Miethke“Nullus invitis detur episcopus”: the Origin of a Formula in the Epistolary of Leo the GreatDavide DaineseArmenian Levites?: an Outline of the Evolution of Episcopal Elections in Armenia from the Eighth to the Thirteenth CenturyFederico AlpiThe Golden Age of Episcopal Elections (1100–1300)Kenneth Pennington“Mais maintenant les mondains par envie/Ont usurpé la saincte election”: the Concordat of Bologna (1516) and Its CriticsGianmarco BraghiElection and Appointment of Bishops at the Council of TrentMatteo Al KalakApostolic Succession and Church Freedom: the Oxford Movement’s Political Discourse and the Church Temporalities Act of 1833Luca FerracciOn the Appointment of Bishops in VietnamEnrico GalavottiIndex of Names