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Each distintion is made up of sereral citations from
capitula, arranged to state a point, then raise qualifications or finally
reach a conclusion, The lot 20 distinctiones discuss the sources of law
the other 81 are devoted various problems of the organization, discipline &
Decretum- includes about 4000 capitula & is divided privileges of the church.
into 3 parts.
I- 101 distinctiones- each one on a particular topic*
II- 36 causae or cases (each divided into Quaestiones. Each causae treats only 1 topic
(27-36 constitue a treatise on Matrimony)
III- entitled [De conssecratione is general divided into
5 distinctiones and is a treatise on the Sacraments
There is consideable discussion as to the orgin of Gratian's
treament of Penance & his De consecratione. His
treatment of Penance is introduced without explanation
in the middle of causa 33. Both treatises & particularly
the one on Penance differ noticeably from the rest of
the work, A study of the manuscripts has revealed numerous
anomalies in the transcriptions of these 2 treaties to the
Bartholomaeus of Brescia ( 2nd city of Lombardy - 52 miles [--?]
of Milan) - cannot, born 2nd 1/2 of 12 th C, .d. 1258
Casus Decretorum
Glossa ordinaria Decreti - a revision of the work of
Joannes Teutonicus & was published between 1240-45.
This version of the Glossa ordinania was appended to
most manascripts of the Decretum. When printed editions
began to be published it was also often printed along
to the text of the Decretum in the form of a marginal
gloss.
- Joannes Teutonicus (d 1245) was German who studied at
Bologna & was among the leading professors of the University
from 1210-20. He combined his own & the best of earlier
commentaries [with] the provisions of recent papal legislation &
produced a complete in a marginal gloss which soon became
standard - the Glossa Ordinaria, finished in 1215. The
gloss was later modified by B. Brixiensis (d. 1258).
His revision completed around 1245 was the state
in which the Gloss was copied in the late Middle
Ages & printed in the 15 & 16th C.