Editing Corpus Juris Civilis (section)

====Legislation about religion====
Numerous provisions served to secure the status of Christianity as the [[state religion]] of the empire, uniting Church and state, and making anyone who was not connected to the Christian church a non-citizen. The Christianity referred to is [[Chalcedonian Christianity]] as defined by the state church, which excluded a variety of other major Christian sects in existence at the time such as the [[Church of the East]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]].

=====Laws against heresy=====
The very first law in the Codex requires all persons under the jurisdiction of the Empire to hold the Christian faith. This was primarily aimed at heresies such as [[Nestorianism]]. This text later became the springboard for discussions of international law, especially the question of just what persons are under the jurisdiction of a given state or legal system.

=====Laws against paganism=====
Other laws, while not aimed at pagan belief as such, forbid particular pagan practices. For example, it is provided that all persons present at a pagan sacrifice may be indicted as if for murder.