Canon 3 of the Fourth Council of Arles (Gaul, AD 524) forbids ordaining a penitent, or someone twice married, or someone married to a wife who had been married to someone else.
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Then follows a sanction for all bishops who would ordain someone violating the canons of this synod [see [1164] and [1165]].
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 44)
Canon 3
No one should dare to ordain to the said honours [i.e. presbyterate and diaconate, see canon 2 [1165]] a penitent, or someone twice married, or someone married to a wife who had been married to someone else.
Then follows a sanction for all bishops who would ordain someone violating the canons of this synod [see [1164] and [1165]].
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Arles
About the source:
Title: Fourth Council of Arles 524, Concilium Arelatense anno 524 Origin: Arles (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
This council convened on 6 June AD 524 in Arles on the occasion of the dedication of Saint Mary`s Basilica outside the city walls. The proceedings were presided over by Caesarius of Arles. Apart from him, thirteen bishops, three presbyters, and one cleric of unknown rank signed the four canons - all of which concern the clerical discipline.
Edition:
C. de Clercq ed., Concilia Galliae a. 511-a. 695, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148 A, Turnhout 1963.
Translation:
J. Gaudemet, B. Basdevant, Les canons des conciles mérovingiens VIe-VIIe siècles, Sources chrétiennes 353, Paris 1989.
Categories:
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Impediments or requisits for the office - Marriage
Impediments or requisits for the office - Social/Economic/Legal status
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1166, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1166
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