The Twelfth Council of Toledo

Visigothic King Erwig called a council on 9 January 681 the Twelfth Council of Toledo. Part of his reason was to have the bishops attending confirm his accession to the throne to replace Wamba as legitimate. The Council also declared laws created by Wamba null and void.They then set about to revise the Visigothic Code that had been established in 654 by King Reccesuinth (seen here), called the Liber Iudiciorum, or "Book of the Judgements." That code had abolished the idea of treating Romans and Goths differently under the law and made rules for everyone to live by.This code also contained canon law from the Catholic Church as well as secular laws. Some of the religious laws are attributed to the influence of Julian of Toledo, archbishop of Toledo (and implicated in the plot—if that is what it was—to replace Wamba with Erwig).The Council affirmed the right of the archbishop of Toledo to approve all bishops across the entire Visigothic kingdom. (Once again suggesting Julian of Toledo's…

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