The jurisdiction of the patriarchs of the major sees in antiquity and in the Middle Ages
Subtitle: a historical commentary
By: by the Reverend Thomas A. Kane
Series: Catholic University of America. Canon law studies -- no. 276.; Canon law studies -- No. 276.
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 1949
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Patriarchs and patriarchate (Canon law); Oriental Catholic churches
Notes: Biographical note, p. 96.

Thesis--Catholic Univ. of America, 1949.

Inbludes bibliography (p. 92-95) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I.  The patriarchs in antiquity ; The patriarchal rank in antiquity ; The patriarchal jurisdiction in antiquity; title: Part II.  The patriarchs in the Middle Ages ; The patriarchs according to Pope Nicholas I (858-867) ; Legislation of the IV Council of Constantinople (869-870) concerning patriarchs ; Patriarchs of the Latin Rite in the major eastern Sees ; The enactments of the IV Lateran Council (1215) concerning patriarchs and patriarchal Sees ; The Council of Florence (1439-1445)