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Canon 7

Ne promissione munerum honoris gratia venundetur.

Quia non expedit ut donum Sancti Spiritus pecuniis conparetur, quamquam ex hoc anticorum canonum disciplinae et multiplices maneant et diversae, tamen quia necesse est ut frequentius reundatur quod sine intermissione praesumitur, ideo novellae huius institutionis formulam instituentes decernimus, ut quiquumque pro conferendo cuiquam sacerdotii gradum aut munus quodquumque aut promissionem muneris antequam ordinetur acceperit, vel etiam postquam ordinatus fuerit in aliquo se pro hoc ipso praesumserit munerari, sive ille qui dederit sive qui acceperit iuxta sententiam Chalcidonensis concilii gradus sui periculum sustinebit.

(ed. Vives 1963: 377)

Canon 7

That no grace of honour be sold for the promise of gifts.

Although there are already many various rules among the ancient canons, we decided to promulgate this decision in a new form because it is not proper to give the gift of the Holy Spirit in exchange for money, and because it is necessary to often repeat what is ceaselessly held to be true. We decide that whoever receives a gift or a promise of a gift for conferring a priestly rank before the ordination and whoever dares to demand payment after ordination, both he and the person who gave the gift should be deprived of their offices according to the decision of the Council of Chalcedon.

(trans. M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region

Iberian Peninsula

City

Braga

About the source:

Title: Third Council of Braga in 675 AD, 3rd Council of Braga, III Concilium Bracarense a. 675, Concilium III Bracarense, Concilium Bracarense tertium a. 675
Origin: Braga (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The provincial council of Galicia in AD 675 was convoked by King Wamba (672–80) and was presided over by Bishop Leudigisius of Braga (Iberian Peninsula). It was attended by seven other bishops.

Edition:

J. Vives ed., Concilios visigóticos e hispano-romanos, Barcelona-Madrid 1963.

Categories:

Described by a title - Sacerdos/ἱερεύς

Simony/Buying office

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Demotion

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1047, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1047