The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen by Hermias Sozomen

The martyrs named are as follows:Ģ.9 Ousthazades (Syriac: Gushtazhad), palatine eunuch, beheaded.Ģ.10 Symeones, bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (Symeon/Shimun Bar Sabbae) with 100 of his clerics, including the elderly presbyters Abedehalaas and Anninas. The liberty of using legal terms by Socrates can be an additional argument to prove that he was not a professional lawyer, just like some discrepancies in the knowledge of ecclesiastical law are clearly visible in describing powers of the bishops of Rome and Constantinople.Sozomen recounts the persecution of Christians in Persia under Shapur II, estimating a total of 16,000 known martyrs, plus an unknown number of anonymous figures. Sozomen, on the other hand, while correcting Socrates’ narration, restricted the meaning of the term canon only to the particular church regulations, excluding those established by heterodox synods, which had a significant impacton how frequently they appeared in the text. Moreover, some regulations in ecclesiastical law were not always called canons by Socrates, which demonstrates some lack of precision while using legal terminology. The analysis of both Ecclesiastical Histories proves that the word canon had numerous meanings for Socrates, who used it while referring to pure ecclesiastical law, as well as to church regulations or practices, ordinances, resolutions, church registry, or even expressions of faith. The purpose of this article is to try to answer whether Socrates, as viewed from the work of Sozomen, also presumably a lawyer, could have knowledge of ecclesiastical law and distinguished between the terms of canon (used in ecclesiastical law) and nomos (used in civil law). Recently, however, his legal education has been questioned by some scholars. For quite long he has been believed to be a lawyer, owing to the title scholastikos, attributed to him. Summary/Abstract: In subject literature there has been a discussion regarding juridical education of Socrates, the author of Ecclesiastical History. Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego Keywords: Socrates of Constantinople Hermias Sozomen Ecclesiastical History ecclesiastical law

Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of ideas

The Knowledge of Ecclesiastical Law by Socrates of Constantinople Confronted with the Works by Hermias Sozomen Author(s): Sławomir Bralewski La connaissance de la loi ecclésiastique chez Socrate de Constantinople en confrontation avec l’oeuvre de Hermias Sozomène

The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen by Hermias Sozomen