Canon 2 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes the relations between bishop and his presbyters.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
2 (XXXV). De consensu episcopi et prbm in ecclesiae domum.
Vt episcopus in ecclesia in consessu presbyterorum sublimior sedeat, intra domum uero collegam se presbyterorum esse cognoscat.
(ed. Munier 1963: 166, 186)
2 (XXXV). On the consent of bishop and presbyters in the church house.
That bishop in the church should sit in an elevated position in the presence of presbyters, but at home he should consider himself the colleague of presbyters.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Discussion:
It seems that it bishop lived in some kind of clerical community with his presbyters in common domus.
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Marseille
About the source:
Title: The Ancient Statutes of the Church, Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua Origin: Marseille (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
This corpus of canons was published by earlier editors (Labbe-Cossart, Hardouin, Mansi) as the acts of the supposed IV Council of Carthage (AD 398). It is, however, of a clearly Gallic, and not African, character; some scholars attributed it to Caesarius of Arles. It seems that these canons originated from multiple synods, above all Gallic ones. Since canons of the council of Vaison (AD 442) are quoted and the canons of the council of Agde (AD 506) are not, the original compilation known now as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua must have been prepared at some time in the period flanked by these two synods. Munier suggested that the text was compiled by Gennadius of Marseille, in ca 475 (Munier 1960). The version of the text from the Collectio Hispana was the one most widely used in the Middle Ages.
The titles of the canons are taken from the Codex Parisiensis Lat. 3846, fol. 136. Numbers in brackets in Latin numerals indicate the position of the canon in the Collectio Hispana.
Edition:
Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.
Bibliography:
Ch. Munier, Les Statuta ecclesiae antiqua, Paris 1960.
Categories:
Food/Clothes/Housing - Type of housing
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Monastic or common life - Clerical community
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Reverenced by
Friendship
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Equal prerogatives of presbyters and bishops
Theoretical considerations - On church hierarchy
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1173, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1173
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