Through an interactive timeline on the history of the Congregation of the Council you can access important and unpublished data on the competencies, personnel and modus procedendi of the dicastery. The history of the SCC from its origins to the present day is displayed in the context of the history of the Papacy and the Roman Curia, Church History and Global Legal History.

A geographical contextualization of the activities and notable locations of the Congregation of the Council in Rome between the 16th and 20th centuries.and around the world. On the basis of a dataset created from unpublished documents, scholarly literature and texts of legal doctrine, you can display the official seats of the congregation, the places where its members operated and assembled, where its archives were kept, and follow its evolution over time against the backdrop of the profound changes that affected the eternal city.

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An online thesaurus for understanding the legal language employed by the SCC in the performance of its duties between the 16th and 20th centuries in the specific legal-historical context. Through a structured list of headwords, you can enhance your knowledge of legal concepts and practices, traditions and rituals, typologies of documents, roles and functions of the personnel of one of the great dicasteries of the Roman Curia.

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