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The article presents a review of the book "Diritto e teología nell'Inghilterra elisabettiana. L'epistolario Gentili-Rainolds (1593-1594)" written by Giovanni Minnucci. The author highlights Minnucci's meticulous work in contextualizing the sources and analyzing the works of Alberico Gentili and John Rainolds. The book offers an enriching view of the past and addresses the question of the spheres of competence between theology and law. The importance of the correspondence between Gentili and Rainolds is also mentioned in order to understand the consequences of Protestant reforms in society. [Extracted from the article]

The article titled "The Teaching of Law in Bologna in Dante's Time" analyzes Andrea Padovani's book on the teaching of law in Bologna during Dante's era. Padovani is an expert in the history of the University of Bologna and has meticulously studied the doctrines of theologians, canonists, and jurists. The book seeks to refute the traditional view that the generation of jurists after Accursio and Odofredo was in decline, presenting an innovative view of their activity. Additionally, the book focuses on the evolution of teaching methods and reasoning of medieval jurists. Reading the book requires a certain level of maturity and familiarity with medieval jurists. [Extracted from the article]

Canon law may offer some promising insights to the bishops assembled for the Synod on young people, faith and vocational discernment. This paper provides an historical overview of the role that the criteria of suitability ought to play in the discernment of priestly vocations, as well as the importance of the distinction between the external and the internal forum on the path to priesthood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The centenary of the first codification of canon law has been preceded by rigorous historical studies, and serves as an occasion to reflect on the impact it has had on ecclesial law (and the life of the Church itself), both in terms of the decision to adopt codification as an instrument, and the decisions taken to structure some canonical institutions. Having previously been studied, a number of these decisions are assessed in this paper, before presenting the way in which the canonical discipline regarding the suitability of candidates for the priesthood was established. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the search for union with the East the Fourth Lateran Council appears to move between the desire to allow all ritual differences and the strong defense of unity in all doctrinal questions. This paper elaborates on the issue in the light of Vincent the Hispanic's Apparatus as a source to the constitutions of the said Council. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to developments in the theological account of the sacramentality of marriage and the compilation of the Decretum Gratiani, the doctrine concerning the formation of the marriage bond was defined over the course of the 12th century. This period is traditionally seen as marked by the controversy between two radically different schools of thought (the canonical and the theological), based on two completely contrasting views on the formation of the marriage bond (consummation in canon law, consent in theology). The purpose of this paper is to explore the historical sources so as to correct such an overly simplistic explanation and, at the same time, to reflect on ideas dating to that historical period that may shed further light on current canon law in relation to marriage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]