Download or read book The Early Development of Canon Law and the Council of Serdica written by Hamilton Hess and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When first published in 1958, this text became the standard account of the canons passed by the Western bishops assembled at Serdica in 343 and the thinking on Church matters that lay behind them. This edition adds further material and research tools.