Super Specula, the Glossary
Super Specula or Super Speculam was a decretal issued by Pope Honorius III at the latest by 1215, which had the effect of preventing the teaching of Roman civil law in Paris with the object of suppressing it in favor of canon law.[1]
Table of Contents
7 relations: Canon law, Civil law (legal system), Decretal, Pope Honorius III, Roman law, Simony, 1215.
- Catholic canonical documents
- Pope Honorius III
Canon law
Canon law (from κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members.
See Super Specula and Canon law
Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system originating in Italy and France that has been adopted in large parts of the world.
See Super Specula and Civil law (legal system)
Decretal
Decretals (litterae decretales) are letters of a pope that formulate decisions in ecclesiastical law of the Catholic Church. Super Specula and decretal are Catholic canonical documents.
See Super Specula and Decretal
Pope Honorius III
Pope Honorius III (c. 1150 – 18 March 1227), born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death.
See Super Specula and Pope Honorius III
Roman law
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables, to the (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. Roman law forms the basic framework for civil law, the most widely used legal system today, and the terms are sometimes used synonymously.
See Super Specula and Roman law
Simony
Simony is the act of selling church offices and roles or sacred things.
1215
Year 1215 (MCCXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
See also
Catholic canonical documents
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis
- Acts of Roman Congregations
- Apostolic constitution
- Apostolic constitutions
- Apostolic letters
- Canon Episcopi
- Canonical act
- Chirograph
- Concordat
- Concordat of Worms
- Decree (Catholic canon law)
- Decree on the Attempted Ordination of Some Catholic Women
- Decretal
- Decretum laudis
- Dimissorial letters
- Incipit
- List of Catholic canon law legal abbreviations
- Margaritae
- Motu proprio
- Notary (Catholic canon law)
- Oblatio vitae
- Obreption and subreption (Catholic canon law)
- Papal brief
- Papal bulls
- Parish register
- Penitentials
- Positio
- Quinque compilationes antiquae
- Rescript
- Super Specula
- Taxa Innocentiana