ABSTRACT

This brief and non-exhaustive reconstruction aims to shed light on the scholarly profile of Piero Bellini as a historian of canon law. The aim of this study is to explore the evolution of Piero Bellini’s scholarly career by recalling some general guiding principles that qualified and defined the research of the historical canonist, who focused on the spirit of the ecclesial body and the associated legal system. In this sense, Bellini approached the juridical structure of the Church through several fundamental postulates, such as the symmetry between moral and juridical issues. Bellini’s scholarly teachings did not hesitate before definitive findings, but consistently and consistently addressed the problematic nature of the themes and theoretical positions.