Canon 7 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) orders a bishop to delegate the care of widows, orphans, and pilgrims to an archpresbyter or an archdeacon.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
7 (XVII). Episcopus qualem sollicitudinem habeat pauperum.
Vt episcopus gubernationem uiduarum et pupillorum ac peregrinorum non per seipsum, sed per archipresbyterum uel archidiaconum agat.
(ed. Munier 1963: 167, 186)
7 (XVII). What kind of concern should bishop have over the poor.
That a bishop should not take care of widows, orphans, and pilgrims himself but act through an archpresbyter or an archdeacon.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
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:
Functions within the Church - Archpresbyter
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Ecclesiastical administration
Public law
Equal prerogatives of presbyters and deacons
Pastoral activity - Helping the poor and needy
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1174, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1174
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