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The Church Fathers · c. 500–526
The Dionysian Collection of Canons
Dionysius Exiguus · c. 470–c. 544
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What it is
Greek conciliar canons translated into Latin and gathered with the decretals of the popes into a single ordered collection.
Why it lasted
The foundation of Western canon law, sent by the pope to Charlemagne and used until Gratian replaced it in the twelfth century.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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