Vergentis. Revista de Investigación de la Cátedra Internacional Conjunta Inocencio III (Jun 2017)
JULIANO EL APÓSTATA Y LA EPISCOPALIS AUDIENTIA
Abstract
Starting from the understanding of the episcopalis audientia as a special type of arbitration, this work offers a reasonable interpretation of the meaning of three texts (Iul. ep. 114.437a, Greg. Nac. or. 4.96 and Sozom. hist. eccl. 5.18.1)that seemed to support prima facie the idea that Julian the Apostate abolished the civil jurisdiction allegedly attributed to the bishops by Constantine.